makefile:570: *** missing separator. Stop.

[Paul D. Smith]

%% afay...@my-deja.com writes:

a> I'm trying to compile perl-5.6.0 and I've run into some problems. I do
a> the usual ./Configure (<-- a perl thing, not the usual gnu configure)
a> and then enter make. Make returns an error about a missing separator in
a> the Makefile, in my case on line 570. The interesting thing is that the
a> Makefile is only 569 lines long. Any clues as to what is wrong? Oh,
a> almost forgot, I'm using gnu make-3.79

I just did this a couple of days ago, and it went fine (Perl 5.6.0 with
GNU make 3.79, on Solaris 2.5.1 with GCC 2.95.2).

What do the last 5 or so lines of the makefile look like?

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[afay...@my-deja.com]

Hello,

I'm trying to compile perl-5.6.0 and I've run into some problems. I do

the usual ./Configure (<-- a perl thing, not the usual gnu configure)

and then enter make. Make returns an error about a missing separator in

the Makefile, in my case on line 570. The interesting thing is that the

Makefile is only 569 lines long. Any clues as to what is wrong? Oh,

almost forgot, I'm using gnu make-3.79

Thanks,
Avery Fay

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[afay...@my-deja.com]

I semi-figured it out. I was looking at the wrong makefile after the
error. The error complained about makefile and I looked at Makefile.
Anyway, on line 570 of makefile there is a stray 0. So I guess it's
solved, but I would feel better knowing why that showed up there. I have
another system on the same hardware (different software versions) and it
worked fine. Any ideas?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% afay...@my-deja.com writes:

a> I semi-figured it out. I was looking at the wrong makefile after
a> the error. The error complained about makefile and I looked at
a> Makefile. Anyway, on line 570 of makefile there is a stray 0. So I
a> guess it's solved, but I would feel better knowing why that showed
a> up there. I have another system on the same hardware (different
a> software versions) and it worked fine. Any ideas?

Sounds like some script that builds the makefile for perl threw a little
turd in the file for you.

You should contact the Perl development team about this (I think you can
use perlbug for that). At any rate, it doesn't sound like a GNU make
bug :)

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