Question about make

[Sprocet]

I have done a good deal of searching through the boards and I can't seem to find the answer to my question.

I am following the instructions for install from this board, but everytime I try to use the make -f Makefile command I receive the following error


Makefile265: ***commands commence before first target. Stop.


Not sure what I am doing wrong here. I am sure it is something simple.

Any help would be appreciated.

[BlueAdept]

My friend got this error also. He used wincvs and then ftped it to his linux box.

Im not sure if it was because it was downloaded in windows and transfered to linux or if it had to do with file permissions.

After he opened up his firewall to let his linux box do a true cvs download, it worked fine.

I never researched why he got that error since the answer was to do it the way it was ment to be done.

[fyodorst]

First off aren't you supposed to run "make -f Makefile.dist" not just Makefile?

Otherwise make sure the Makefile.dist is a valid file for make to use. You might get it for other reasons but you can at least get it from a bad Makefile... that is the first line is not a legal make command.

[Sprocet]

Actually I was doing Makefile.dist....I have it working now.


Lets just say windows was involved (I used it to do the CVS checkout)

Re did the CVS on linux and its up and running now!!!