Re: Compile Failure 2.1.98/Alpha

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:27:25 +0100 (BST)


Hi there.

> when trying to compile 2.1.98 on a DEC Alpha (noname)
> i get the folowing error:

> root@alpha:/usr/src/linux# make config
> arch/alpha/Makefile:35: *** missing separator. Stop.
> root@alpha:/usr/src/linux#

> if I look at line 35 in arch/alpha/Makefile i see this:

> $(shell $(AS) --version >& ./GAS_VER)

> If I change it to

> $(shell $(AS) --version &> ./GAS_VER)

> then it works (for now...)

> anybody got any comments on thisone??

> I'm Running Debian/Alpha 2.0

Which shell are you using? That looks like a difference of shell
command syntax, suggesting that whatever shell it was written for is
not the shell you're using...

Best wishes from Riley.

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