makefile - Make error: missing separator

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asked Oct 17, 2021 in Technique[技术] by 深蓝 (71.8m points)

I am getting the following error running make:

Makefile:168: *** missing separator.  Stop.

What is causing this?

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1 Answer

深蓝 · Answer 1 · 2021-10-16T21:20:58+0000

As indicated in the online manual, the most common cause for that error is that lines are indented with spaces when make expects tab characters.

target: 
cmd

where is TAB (U+0009)

target:
....cmd

where each . represents a SPACE (U+0020).