From: tommy.reynolds@adtran.com (TOMMY REYNOLDS) Subject: RE: *** missing separator. Stop. error when running make 17 Oct 1998 05:19:47 -0700 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "'Alexei Karpov'" , "'John Archer'" Cc: "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" The problem can be more subtle than this. If only *SOME* of your directories are mounted as binary (such as "/tmp") then CYGWIN32 can get confused about the desired format of a text file if a temporary file must be created. It's safest to either mount all directories as binary or mount none of them as binary. Tommy Reynolds ADTRAN, INC / 901 Explorer Blvd. / Huntsville AL 35806 USA Phone: +1.800.9ADTRAN / +1.256.963.6989 Fax: +1.256.963.8250 / Mobile: +1.256.227.1839 >---------- >From: John Archer[SMTP:DJA@kcs.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 8:46 AM >To: Alexei Karpov >Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Subject: RE: *** missing separator. Stop. error when running make > >Hi > >Alexei Karpov wrote: > >>My makefile has string which contain ( f.e. ) next text : > >>echo I do not know why it's does not work. > >>When I run make utility I get next error : *** missing >separator. Stop. > > >>Under Unix it works properly, why it does not work > >>under CygWin32. May be anybody has ever had the > >>same error. > >I get this problem if I have inadvertently used a text editor that >replaces tab characters with spaces. >Putting the tab characters back again, solves the problem. > >John Archer > > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".