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From:	"Norman Vine" <nhv AT cape DOT com>
To:	<turner AT uvs DOT is>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Can't run Make under Cygwin on Win2000
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:22:03 -0400
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turner AT uvs DOT is writes:
>
>The subject says it all. When I run *any* Makefile I get this error:
>Makefile:644: *** missing separator. Stop
>
>This is wierd because the Makefiles in question have be auto 
>generated by Perl during an install of some Perl modules.


This is usually caused by a bug in the Cygwin Perl port that
only exists on 'text' mounts.

The solution is to work only on 'binary' mounts.
This means '/' and drives containing source trees

Cheers

Norman

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