[EXTERNAL] Re: GNU Make erroring on makefile

[David von Oheimb]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:22:46 +0200, Joe Carroll wrote:

> I'm getting a "missing separator" error on line 56.
Would be good to add a note to the top of both Makefile and makefile for
which flavor of make they are intended,
and maybe we can add some check to them that gives a more to-the-point
hint if an unsuitable one is used.

>  I do not have access to nmake.exe.

Everyone who uses a VC-* configuration should have access to cl.exe and
nmake.exe.

    David


On 01.07.21 16:55, Joe Carroll wrote:
> Thanks Matt.  That clears it up.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org] On Behalf Of Matt Caswell
> Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 9:40 AM
> To: openssl-users at openssl.org
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: GNU Make erroring on makefile
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> On 01/07/2021 15:06, Joe Carroll wrote:
>> Windows 10
>> perl Configure VC-WIN64A
> The VC-WIN64A target generates a Makefile suitable for consumption by 
> nmake. Hence its not possible to use GNU make with it.
>
> [...]
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> Matt
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Levitte [mailto:levitte at openssl.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 8:25 AM
>> To: Joe Carroll <joe.carroll.hrg2 at statefarm.com>
>> Cc: openssl-users at openssl.org
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: GNU Make erroring on makefile
>>
>> How did you configure, and on what platform?
>>
>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:22:46 +0200,
>> Joe Carroll wrote:
>>> Has anyone successfully used GNU Make as part of the install process for version 1.1.1k or later?
>>> I'm getting a "missing separator" error on line 56.  I do not have access to nmake.exe.
>>>   
>>> !IF "$(DESTDIR)" != ""
>>>
>>>
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