GNU make: missing separator / TAB instead of spaces?
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:11 pm
[PROBLEM]
Editing a FATE Makefile with vim, using FFmpeg's vimrc, but got the following error:
The actual problem weren't tabs or spaces.
It was a missing "\" in a multi-line statement.
Example:
Correct would be (of course):
Editing a FATE Makefile with vim, using FFmpeg's vimrc, but got the following error:
[SOLUTION]*** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?). Stop.
The actual problem weren't tabs or spaces.
It was a missing "\" in a multi-line statement.
Example:
Code: Select all
VARIABLE = one \
two
threeCode: Select all
VARIABLE = one \
two \
three