From: "Marp" <Marp AT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 0>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Make fails with "*** missing separator."
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 01:34:07 -0400
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Jeff Fritsche <jeff DOT fritsche AT persoft DOT com> wrote in message
news:379E3514 DOT 4B072340 AT persoft DOT com...
> DJGPP newbie.  I'm trying to install a perl CPAN module.  The module's
> instructions are:
>
> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> make test
> make install
>
> The makefile is generated by the Perl script just fine.  When I run
> "Make", the following error message is returned:
>
> Makefile:731: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>

This error usually happens because a command that make is supposed to run
didn't start with a tab. That's a real tab, not just 8 spaces. If you edit a
makefile with dos's edit.com, it would cause a problem like this. It should
be easy to fix with rhide. Open the makefile in rhide, then click edit ->
compress text, save and quit. Then try running make. If you still get this
error, then I don't know what the problem is.