Re: Makefile Errors

From: Del (caminturn@earthlink.net)
Date: 02/03/00


The latest Oasis removes all those tab do-hickies at the bottom of
Makefile
and moves them to a file called "depend"

before you make all

type make depend

see ifn that works.

Anytime you change the #include's, make sure you delete and "make
depend"


Patrick Dughi wrote:
>
>         If I were to guess, I'd bet that you used spaces instead of tabs
> in the Makefile; either due to hand-patching, or incorrect file
> translation.  Make sure that when you put in an entry in a make file, it
> reads like this:
>
> act.comm.o: act.comm.c conf.h sysdep.h structs.h utils.h comm.h
> <tab>handler.h db.h screen.h clan.h dg_scripts.h
>
>         Etc.
>
>         Is this in the wtfaq? I don't remember seeing it.
>
>         However, that should have given the error "Missing Seperator",
> i've never seen it say "-include depend".
>
>         The other issues you may be seeing is if you're not using a GNU
> compatiable verison of Make.  99% of the systems out there come shipped
> with a broken, crappy make program (esp Sun's).  They either don't work,
> or work poorly.  Also, make sure to re-run the configure, to regenerate
> your files for compilation on your new system.
>
>                                                 PjD
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Aaron Tan Shin En wrote:
>
> > i got this error message at the end :
>
> > "Makefile", line 106: Need an operator
> > Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> >
> > and @ Line 106 :
> >
> >  -include depend
> >
> > and that's all. i can't seem to figure what's what, i never had this problem
> > compiling on linux,
> > this system is a BSDI BSD/OS 4.0 .
>
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