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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:26:46 -0400
To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Cc:	scarter AT emware DOT com
Subject:	Re: make win32 chokes on lone tab
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In-Reply-To:	<50028CAE26D1D3118C7F00A0CC50D6252D1DB6@EMWARESERVER>; from scarter@emware.com on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 05:01:39PM -0600

On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 05:01:39PM -0600, Scott Carter wrote:
>We were having some real frustrating problems with make, but eventually
>(by chance) tracked the problem down to this: If the final (or any)
>command in a rule is an "empty command" (as it's referred to in the
>documentation)(that is, the line begins with a tab, but is otherwise
>empty -- which, in most editors, looks like a blank line), make will
>terminate with a STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION error.

This was very easy to track down.  Running the program under gdb
immediately uncovered the problem.

I will be making a new release of make-3.79-2 shortly.

Btw, please do not send email to cygwin-support AT cygnus DOT com.  That
is for customers who have purchased the cygwin product.

cgf

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