On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:25:45 -0500, Gord Tomlin wrote: > > > >All the make tools share an annoying reliance on tab characters. > > > Actually, some (I don't recall which) will accept indention by blanks. > > Tab was a bad design choice. > > -- gil > I haven't tried the following (at bottom of page) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2131213/can-you-make-valid-makefiles-without-tab-characters ==== There is a convoluted way of have a valid makefile without tabs. If you change your makefile to read: target: dependencies; command1; command2 If will work. If you want it on more than one line, then you can do: target: dependencies; \ command1; \ command2 Messy, but it works. ==== -- I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove it. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
