From: "Tanes Sriviroolchai" <Tanes DOT Sriviroolchai AT Thailand DOT NCR DOT COM>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
References: <380C6414 DOT B4ABD4BC AT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de>
Subject: Re: Problem with MAKE
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:55:07 +0700
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MS-DOS Editor will change "Tab" ('\t') character to Space.
However, make needs "Tab" ('\t') character as a separator in Makefile. Don't
use MS-DOS Editor. Use other editor that preserve "Tab" ('\t') character
such as "vim".

Regards,
Tanes Sriviroolchai

Markus Kramer <mk26 AT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de> wrote in message
news:380C6414 DOT B4ABD4BC AT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de...
> Hi!
>
> Perhaps, you might think, that this is a stupid question.
> But, does anybody of you have also problems with MAKE?
>
> I got the sources of "lsck073" and tried to compile the demo programs.
> First, it functioned, but after having edited the Makefile, I got an
error,
> such as:
>
> "Line 32: *** Missing seperator."
>
> What does it mean? I didn't change anything in line 32.
>
> I still must say, that I used the MS-DOS editor to change the file.
> Does this editor inserts any control codes, which MAKE doesn't understand?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Sincerely, Markus.
>
> P.S.: Sorry for my bad English. :)