Autzoo.1194 net.v7bugs utzoo!henry Mon Dec 7 20:14:52 1981 make(1) vs spaces If you have a makefile like this (the tab is written \t for clarity, note the space preceding it): foo: foo.o \tcc -n -s ... make(1) will produce an EXTREMELY cryptic message. It can take a long time to track this one down, because the line LOOKS right. Perhaps make should consider spaces and tabs equivalent, but I am not sure this is a good idea; if it had been done that way from the beginning, ok, but as a retrofit I wonder how many makefiles would break. Failing this, the error reporting definitely could stand some more smarts. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.