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gnu make separator problem with commands only

Hi,

This is my first post on these forums, usually my questions are answered before i post :) but not this one, so hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me.

everything on the pc has been installed from kubuntu repositories, no others, and is the current release for 9.04 with all updates applied.

Code:

jayse@mercury:~$ echo "echo \"hello.\"" > newfile

jayse@mercury:~$ cat newfile

echo "hello."

jayse@mercury:~$ make -f newfile

newfile:1: *** missing separator. Stop.



jayse@mercury:~$ nano newfile

ayse@mercury:~$ cat newfile

DUMMY="HELLO"

echo "hello."

jayse@mercury:~$ make -f newfile

newfile:2: *** missing separator. Stop.

It does that with all commands in my makefile, including ifeq statements, but blank lines and assignments are fine.

I've seen threads suggesting issues with cr/lf pairs but i think my example rules that out. i've also seen a couple of posts showing LANG to be the issue, but mine appear to be ok.

Code:

jayse@mercury:~$ make -p | grep LANG

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

LANGUAGE =

LANG = en_GB.UTF-8

jayse@mercury:~$ echo $LANG

en_GB.UTF-8

You are my last hope obi-wan. ;)

Jayse

Code:

jayse@mercury:~$ uname -a

Linux mercury 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 19:25:34 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux



jayse@mercury:~$ make -v

GNU Make 3.81

Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.

There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

You need a target and, most of all, you need tabs for indentation instead of spaces.
It does that for me with your code too, so it's not your make, it's your syntax.

Code:

atom@saturn /home/atom/dev $ cat dummymake

all:

echo "asdf"

atom@saturn /home/atom/dev $ cat Makefile

all:

        echo "asdf"

atom@saturn /home/atom/dev $ make -f Makefile

echo "asdf"

asdf

atom@saturn /home/atom/dev $ make -f dummymake

dummymake:2: *** missing separator.  Stop.

atom@saturn /home/atom/dev $

Thanks for the superfast reply. I just tried the indentation and target bits and heres my results..

Code:

jayse@mercury:~$ cat dummymake

all:

echo "asdf"



jayse@mercury:~$ make -f dummymake

dummymake:2: *** missing separator. Stop.

Jayse

Ignore me, i boobed.

i NEED the tab. then it works as you already demonstrated.

thanks

I'm glad you were able to resolve the issue.

And, in case you haven't noticed, there's a thanks button on the bottom right of posts of other people. If you click it, I get bragging rights :).

Regards,

Gašper