makefile error

puckney · 04-23-2002, 08:22 PM

I need some assistance with a make file. I keep getting this error but am not sure what is wrong. I am running redhat on a sun sparc box:

makefile:5: missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?). Stop.

Any help will be appreciated.

DMR · 04-25-2002, 08:00 PM

Here's a pearl of wisdom from the Net:

Quote:

The lines that are indented in the Makefile should be indented with a tab character, not 8 spaces. Sometimes, through a file transfer, tabs and spaces are interchanged, which will cause your problem. So, edit your Makefile and change each set of leading spaces to a single tab.

puckney · 04-25-2002, 08:24 PM

Thanks much....that solved the problem.

DMR · 04-25-2002, 09:03 PM