Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 16:06:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Art S. Kagel" <kagel AT ns1 DOT bloomberg DOT com>
To: Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Error using gnu make 3.75
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Charles Krug wrote:

> Trying to use gnu make 3.75 to build a program.  Make returns the
> following message:
> 
> 	makefile:11: *** missing separator.  Stop.
> 
> The file in question, lines through 11:
> 
> CC=GXX
> CFLAGS=-Wall
> 
> all: calc.exe
> 
> calc.exe: calc.cc
> 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o calc.exe calc.cc #This is line 11
> 
> editor to edit the file, thinking that dos edit might be giving me
> spaces where I want tabs, but to no avail.  Is there any way to make
> sure that I have tabs and not spaces?  Is there a port of vi to ms-dos?

The problem is indeed space rather than tabs.  There is a way in RHIDE
to write a real tab, but since I do not use RHIDE I do not know what
it is.  Try the help function.

> 
> -- 
> Charles Krug
> 

Art S. Kagel, kagel AT bloomberg DOT com