Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/10/17/04:14:46
On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Ben Bacon wrote:
> The lines are indented with spaces, but I doubt this is the problem --
> I was getting the same error, referencing the first directive line,
> before I cleaned up the directive syntax. Note that the message
> doesn't say a thing about directive syntax, or command syntax, for
> that matter -- just "Missing separator"! Very helpful.
>
> I've used a couple of different MAKEs, and while I'm new to GNU (ha
> ha), I can't see anything in the makefile syntax that looks like it
> should cause a problem. Other makefiles work fine.
>
> Out of curiosity -- are you using GRX? Did you have any trouble
Please read the DJGPP FAQ list (available as faq102.zip from the same
place you get DJGPP). It explains in section 10.10 that GRX was
developed with Borland's Make program and uses some of its non-standard
directives which cause GNU Make to puke. The FAQ goes out of its way in
that it even provides a list of those non-standard directives and what
GNU Make extensions can be used instead of them. It's a pity people
don't read this.
Also, Henk Spaan <hspaan AT swi DOT psy DOT uva DOT nl> has uploaded a Makefile for GRX
converted to GNU Make syntax to the DJ's ftp server:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/contrib/grx103mk.zip
You can try using it, if you need to recompile GRX.
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