%% Ashwani Wason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: aw> I get the following error on using gnu make version
aw> "GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. aw> Built for sparc-sun-solaris2.8" No, you don't :). aw> make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 30: unexpected end of line seen This error message is not generated by GNU make. GNU make error messages _all_ have a common syntax and format, and this isn't it. I suspect that this message is being generated by Sun's make. aw> The trouble is that the makefile works alright for Linux. That's because GNU make is the only make on almost every Linux system. aw> But when it is used on Solaris (SunOS alpha 5.8 Generic_108528-12 aw> sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250) it works for some people and does not aw> for others! I was wondering if there is something in the aw> environment variables of a user's shell that causes this. Notably aw> the users for which this does not work are using tcsh. Yes, it's very likely something in the environment variables: specifically, the PATH variable. Most likely the people for whom this fails have /usr/ccs/bin on their PATH before whatever directory in which you have installed GNU make. So, they're finding Sun's make before GNU make. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
