make and linefeed problem

Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) lhall@rfk.com
Wed Aug 16 14:15:00 GMT 2000


At 04:10 PM 8/16/2000, Pascal-Eric Servais wrote:
>The problem is that when my "Makefile" contains DOS type of linefeed, "make"
>complains and doesn't run. ( But work very well with a Makefile with UNIX
>type of linefeed ). Here is the message that it prints to the console :
>"Makefile:2: *** commands commence before first target.  Stop."
>
>I use make with Cygwin 1.1.0 on a Windows NT workstation.
>
>Is there a path that exists for that application. The version I have is the
>following :
>
>$ > make --version
>GNU Make version 3.77, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
>Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
>         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
>There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
>PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
>---
>Pascal-Eric Servais ( http://pages.infinit.net/denethor )
>www.clickon.com



These kinds of questions are often the kinds of things you'll find answers
to in the mail archives.  

To answer your question directly, you should upgrade to the latest to 
resolve this issue.



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
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