From: vance AT deneb DOT com (Stephen Vance) Subject: Re: *** missing separator. Stop. error when running make 16 Oct 1998 08:15:15 -0700 Message-ID: <36265F74.1A649CAD.cygnus.gnu-win32@deneb.com> References: <3624B79B DOT E316103 AT sonycom DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Alexei Karpov Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Alexei Karpov wrote: > Hi, > > My makefile has string which contain ( f.e. ) next text : > echo I do not know why it's does not work. > When I run make utility I get next error : *** missing separator. Stop. > > Under Unix it works properly, why it does not work > under CygWin32. May be anybody has ever had the > same error. > > I use : > GNU Make version 3.75-B19, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. > Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 > Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Thanks a lot, This comes up frequently. Either you have spaces instead of a tab before your command lines OR Your makefile has carriage returns at the end of some of the lines. -- Stephen Vance | http://www.deneb.com Deneb Robotics, Inc. | mailto:vance AT deneb DOT com 5500 New King Street | Phone: (248) 267-9696 Troy, MI 48098-2615 | Fax: (248) 267-8585 What is done well is done quickly enough. -Augustus Caesar - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".