Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 11:15:49 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: make & error -1
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On Mon, 31 May 1999 dmitry AT ostankino DOT ucsd DOT edu wrote:

> > make.exe: *** [blib\lib\Unicode\.exists] Error -1
> 
> The offending line seems to be:
> 
> > config :: Makefile $(INST_LIBDIR)\.exists
> >	@$(NOOP)
> 
> Where NOOP is defined as: NOOP = rem
> 
> Does the error mean that make can't execute "rem"?

No, this is not what the error means, probably, because a simple test
Makefile that used rem worked for me.  My guess would be that the
problem is caused by your use of backslashes in file names (in
general, if you must use them, you need to double each backslash).  I
suggest to switch to forward slashes instead.

If the above doesn't help, please throw together the shortest Makefile
that exhibits this behavior and post it.