From: dsfox AT cogsci DOT ucsd DOT edu (David Fox)
Subject: Re: Make addity?
27 Sep 1998 02:26:26 -0700
Message-ID: <u84studgkw.fsf.cygnus.gnu-win32@pipeline.ucsd.edu>
References: <360BB627 DOT 78921C74 AT wcom DOT com>
To: Lewis Beard <lewis DOT beard AT wcom DOT com>
Cc: Gnu-Win32 Mailing List <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Lewis Beard <lewis DOT beard AT wcom DOT com> writes:

> All,
> 
> As requested, I looked through back issues of the newsletter before
> posting. I DID find mention of my problem, but no solution was given and
> the answer didn't satisfy me.
> 
> I have a problem in that, when I modify my make files, I get:
> 
> 	makefile:48: *** missing separator.  Stop.
> 
> To me this is a serious problem; it occurs when I add new lines or
> delete lines entirely. It happens whether or not I have a unix or dos
> line type. The only way I can get around it is to keep my makefile on a
> unix box on the internet and make changes there and ftp it across,
> because once I change the length of the file or add lines or whatnot, I
> get this seperator problem. What gives? Why this is happening? Is there
> a way around it without a new or patched make?

I suspect that this is about make not understanding the ^M at the end
of every line in a windows file.  The easiest way around this is to
put an FTP server on your windows box and then do all your editing on
your Unix box, using the ange-ftp feature of emacs to access the files.

Other than that, maybe there is some tool to strip the ^Ms off.  I've
used sed for this in the past, though I usually just use Emacs.  Or
perhaps I'm completely wrong about the source of the problem.
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David Fox          http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox		xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab          dsfox AT cogsci DOT ucsd DOT edu          baL ICH DSCU
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