Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 23:42:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bill Davidson <bdavidson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com>
Subject: Re: help
To: Julie M Tobin-Scheer <ma640jmt AT selway DOT umt DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Sun, 30 Apr 1995, Julie M Tobin-Scheer wrote:

> I recently downloaded the MAK371**.ZIP files in an effort to learn how to 
> use MAKEFILE. To see if MAKe371 was working, I used the sample MAKEFILE for
> PAGETEST.C that came with Version 2.6. This is being run on a 386 PC.  
> I get a General Protection Error when running at the DOS prompt. When I 
> type the commands manually at the DOS prompt, everything works OK. 

This is usually indicative of a shortage of physical RAM.  If you have 
only 4 MB or so, read the FAQ (faqnnn.zip where you got djgpp).  The 
short answer is get rid of every memory-eating tsr/driver/program that 
you don't absolutely need, and try again.  You can also use stubedit.exe 
to alter gcc's behaviour; this is explained in the FAQ.

> The second problem is that if I try to edit the MAKEFILE with an ASCII 
> editor, I get the error "Missing Separator" immediately. 

Your editor (emacs, maybe?) is probably changing tabs to spaces, and 
there are places in makefiles where you _must_ have tabs.

Good luck, and don't give up, this stuff works (mostly). :-)
Bill Davidson
bdavidson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com