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Re: makefile:640: *** missing separator. Stop.
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Paul D. Smith |
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Re: makefile:640: *** missing separator. Stop. |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Dec 2001 09:19:13 -0500 |
%% "Van der Bloemen Mr. Tom" <address@hidden> writes:
vdbmt> I'm running cygwin on Windows NT 4.0 and I'm using ActivePerl.
vdbmt> I'm trying to install some modules using the standard perl
vdbmt> Makefile.pl, make, make test etc. I get the message above.
vdbmt> I've read all about how to put a tab in front of the offending
vdbmt> line. When I add a tab, I get the same message, only for the
vdbmt> next line. When I add a tab to that line, I get the following
vdbmt> message:
vdbmt> I get exactly the same error any package I try to install.
vdbmt> Any help you can provide would be greatly appreiciated.
There's nothing wrong with make; the makefile that is generated by Perl
is simply broken.
You should ask on a Perl mailing list or newsgroup how to get Perl to
generate a valid makefile; there's nothing we can say here about that.
Good luck...
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