From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: Newbie question / Help with make 18 Jun 1997 12:25:28 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <33A73F35.55B@sprintmail.com> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article <33A73F35.55B@sprintmail.com>, RC wrote: >Pardon the newbie question. > >I've just downloaded gnu-win32 b18 and am trying to run it on a win95 >system. I've managed to compile a hello.c program, but when I >try another program I get the following message: > >gcc Makefile.c -o Makefile >Makefile.c:2: 'gcc' undeclared here (not in a function) >Makefile.c:2: syntax error before 'PROF' >gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 33 >MAKE.EXE *** [Makefile] Error 1 > >What might I have done wrong here? Any suggestions or pointers in the >right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. It is difficult to say what you might have done wrong since you didn't post the relevant parts of the Makefile, but, at a guess, it looks like you are not indenting the lines (i.e., gcc) which are intended to be commands. A rule should look something like this: foo.o: foo.c gcc -c $? ^ Tab here. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".