makefile:8: *** missing separator. Stop.

[David Korn]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Bänninger, Dominik" [ mailto:dominik.baenninger@ito.umnw.ethz.ch ]
>Sent: 16 February 2001 12:36


>I tried to write the easy makefile

>8:   gcc -o test DBcomplx.o

>When I call the make command I'got always the error message
>
>makefile:8: *** missing separator.  Stop.   

  The problem is that that white space at the start of line 8 *must* be
a TAB character, not ordinary spaces.  

  Further problems with make would be better addressed to the make help
mailing list, which is at help-make@gnu.org

       DaveK
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