Re: Suspicious line

[Bill Pursell]

Srinath Madhavan wrote:
> When I edit the Makefile after a ./configure in order to set my install
> prefix, GNU/Emacs warns me of a suspiscious line 115[1] before letting
> me save the Makefile. Question is whether I am doing something wrong?
>
> GNU/Screen source file: screen-4.0.2.tar.gz
> Source (online): http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/
>
>
> [1] I cannot see the text on this line because it appears that Emacs
> cannot interpret it and it is therefore invisible. But the line I'm
> referring to lies between these two lines:
>
> echo "  sh ./configure" >> shadow/Makefile
>
> term.h: term.c term.sh

That line has a single tab in it.  make is very sensitive to
tabs.   There are several such lines, and you'll have to
delete the tab from each.