Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 21:38:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: MAKE (1st time using...)
To: pke AT engstad DOT ingok DOT hitos DOT no
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>> makefile:2: *** missing separator. Stop.
>
>You miss a separator. This is a <TAB> character. You will need this in 
>front of the gcc, thus:
>
>pt.o: pt.c
>	gcc -c pt.c
>^
>|_______ There is a TAB character here...

Why was the decision not to allow just any whitespace made again?  It
seems rather arbitrary, particularly as most other programs don't care.

--- Aaron Ucko (ucko AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu; finger for PGP public key) | httyp!
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