From: Paul Harness <gapa83 AT udcf DOT gla DOT ac DOT uk>
Subject: Re: Makefile misery!
To: gambcl AT essex DOT ac DOT uk (Gamble C O)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 12:00:58 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)

> 
> Hi again, I noticed that my code was taking a long time to compile and that
> large sections of it were now complete, so I split it into several files and
> tried to write a makefile.
> 
> I have never used Make before but I struggled on and produced what you see
> below. When I try to run it I get the message:
> 
> :11:Missing seperator.stop.
> 
> I  assume that the 11 is a line number, but I just cannot see what is wrong
> with the makefile, can anyone help me please, this is driving me INSANE!!!
> 
> Here is the makefile, for your viewing pleasure (haha):
> 
> # makefile, this is line 1
> .SUFFIXES: .exe .c .S .o
> 
> 
> 
> CC      = gcc
> LIBS    = -lpc -lm -lgrx
> OBJS    = fishy.o  menu.o  view.o  print.o
> 
> fishy: $(OBJS)
>         $(CC)  -o fishy  $(OBJS)  $(LIBS)
 ^^^^^^^^^
 ^^^^^^^^^ You need to setup your editor to use tabs rather than spaces.
Some editors are set by default to replace a tab by 8 spaces. To check,
when you delete a tab it should disappear with one keypress.

This drove me insane for a while too.

-- 
Paul Harness,                        |  Internet: gapa83 AT udcf DOT gla DOT ac DOT uk
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