From: lewis.beard@wcom.com (Lewis Beard) Subject: Make addity? 26 Sep 1998 02:00:54 -0700 Message-ID: <360BB627.78921C74.cygnus.gnu-win32@wcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Gnu-Win32 Mailing List All, As requested, I looked through back issues of the newsletter before posting. I DID find mention of my problem, but no solution was given and the answer didn't satisfy me. I have a problem in that, when I modify my make files, I get: makefile:48: *** missing separator. Stop. To me this is a serious problem; it occurs when I add new lines or delete lines entirely. It happens whether or not I have a unix or dos line type. The only way I can get around it is to keep my makefile on a unix box on the internet and make changes there and ftp it across, because once I change the length of the file or add lines or whatnot, I get this seperator problem. What gives? Why this is happening? Is there a way around it without a new or patched make? The person who answered the original poster (Geoofrey Noer, I believe) said "make 3.77 fixes this", essentially. He poster also said that a later patch of b19 will fix it, but that make 3.77 wont fix it. That totally confused me. :) 3.77 make fixes that now, but later it wont? Also, where can I get source or binaries to the version of make (3.77) listed above, if indeed it does fix it? I'm new to the whole project, so I have yet to find my way around. Sorry for the totally newbie question. Lewis -- Lewis W. Beard 601-460-5267 lewis.beard@wcom.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".