Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 14:52:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: MAKE jumps?
To: dj
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>#ifneq (${PARAMETER},)
>extra-stuff-if-parm-given
>#endif
>
>PPP.exe : PPP
>	coff2exe PPP
>#ifeq (${DEBUG},)
>	rm PPP
>#endif
>
>then:
>
>make DEBUG=y

Tsk, tsk.  Any line in a makefile beginning with a `#' is a comment;
`#ifneq', for instance, should be `ifneq'.

(You're in good company, though; I think Linux 1.1.eightysomething
had a similar error.)

--- Aaron Ucko (ucko AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu; finger for PGP public key) | httyp!
Geek code 2.1 [for explanation, finger hayden@ | `God's Laws' (Rudy Rucker,  
vax1.mankato.msus.edu]: GCS/M/S d(-) H s g+ p? \ _Master of Space and Time_):
!au a17 w+ v+(++) C++(+++)>++++ UL++(S+)>++++	\ 1) Be clean. 2) Follow Gary.
P+(++) L++ 3(-) E- N+(++) K- W--(---) M-@ V-(--) \ 3) Teach God's Laws.
po-(--) Y+ t(+) !5 j(++) R(-) G' tv--(-) b+++	  +---------------------------
!D(--) B--(---) e>++++(*) u++(@) h!() f(+) r-(--)>+++ n+(-) y?