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RE: *** missing separator. Stop. error when running make


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
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>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
>
>
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