Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 16:55:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Shady <rls@hades.id.net> To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: mal@algonet.se, bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make doesn't like lines with a tab only Message-ID: <199506092055.QAA00886@hades.id.net> In-Reply-To: <199506090827.BAA05686@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Jun 9, 95 01:27:55 am
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> > the following "Makefile" > > --SNIP-- > > foo: bar > > <TAB>xyzzy -o foo bar > > <TAB> > > --SNIP-- > > > > results in: > > "Makefile", line 3: Need an operator > > Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > > The only bug here is that your makefile is arguably wrong. A tab indicates > there is to be a command in this location, you have provided no command. > > Many other makes ignore this arguably erronous line. I belive POSIX says > this shall cause an error. That may be what POSIX says it should cause, but in real life it causes alot of headaches. Maybe a command line switch to ignore it would be in order? Defaulting, of course, to POSIX.
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