Charles is correct. You also have some typos where some variables aren't enclosed in parentheses. The attached file fixes those problems. To summarize: make requires that action lines begin with tabs, not spaces. I don't think make has problems with ^Ms. Ajit -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com [ mailto:cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com ] On Behalf Of Charles McKnight Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 10:59 AM To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: RE: compilation problem Jean, What appears to be happening is that make does not recognize the spaces after the colon (:) or on the following recipe lines. If you will replace them with tabs, this should fix the problem. I've encountered this issue on other versions of make before. Another solution is to modify the make source code to recognize a space as a legal separator. Charles McKnight cmcknigh@fastlane.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com . -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com