newb error
 

This may seem like a newb error, well it is and seeing how i am kinda new at this i was wondering if i could get some help on it....

i followed the linux readme and all and when i type make in my world directory i get the following errow

makefile:3: ***Missing Separator. Stop.

plz help

running redhat 9

somethings messed up with that makefile. I just joined all the continued lines together in vi and it worked fine. don't forget to take out the / characters at the end of each line before joining.

regards,

krich

To resolve this problem ( which I ran into as well). I opened
the makefile in vi and replaced all spaces which preceded
the lines, with tabs. Problem gone. There were only spaces
before the lines in the SF= section where the object files
are listed.

Now i get

makefile:3: *** commands commence before first target

Not sure what's going on, but here's a hint:

the 3 after "makefile:" is the line number in which it found the error. Try to understand what's going on at line 3 and see if you can intuitively identify a syntax problem.

Or wait until they fix it in the next CVS load.

Regards,

krich

Not sure whats happening there, the things that get loaded into CVS are the ones that I use directly to build with..

I'll try reuploading the makefile, maybe something happened in the transfer process...

Anyone Know what this error is:

needed by 'all'' . stop. target world

I get a similar error on line 5.

I'm about to try whats been suggested
i get
Just trying to make you feel better petrewebre.

If i find the solution ill post it.

I did this
to the top lines of the makefile...
Each of the lines which are preceeded by 3 spaces rather than a Tab.
I replaced the spaces with tabs, and ran make again.
its compiling as we speak.

(RedHat 8 if it helps)