%% <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Please remember to include the version of GNU make you're using; I don't
use RedHat so I have no idea what version they include. Use "make
--version" to find out. Thx.
bh> I am using Red Hat Linux 7.0 for the first time. I just tried
bh> compiling a C program with a make file. The Makefile is rather
bh> simple. It comes back with the error:
bh> Makefile:12 *** missing separator. Stop.
A common mistake.
bh> This makefile has
bh> SOURCES=prog1.c
bh> PRODUCT=$(HOME)/bin/prog
bh> CC=cc
bh> CFLAGS=-g -O
bh> all: $(PRODUCT)
bh> $(PRODUCT): $(SOURCES)
bh> $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(PRODUCT) $(SOURCES)
I assume this isn't the exact makefile? There's no line 12 here...
bh> Is this reported error meaningful to you?
>From the GNU make manual, section "Errors Generated by Make":
`missing separator. Stop.'
`missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?). Stop.'
This means that `make' could not understand much of anything about
the command line it just read. GNU `make' looks for various kinds
of separators (`:', `=', TAB characters, etc.) to help it decide
what kind of commandline it's seeing. This means it couldn't find
a valid one.
One of the most common reasons for this message is that you (or
perhaps your oh-so-helpful editor, as is the case with many
MS-Windows editors) have attempted to indent your command scripts
with 8 spaces instead of a TAB character. In this case, `make' will
use the second form of the error above. Remember that every line
in the command script must begin with a TAB character. Eight
spaces do not count. *Note Rule Syntax::.
HTH...
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