Missing separator in .DELETE_ON_ERROR ?

Felix Lechner via Users list for the GNU implementation of make <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:05:27 -0700
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Hi,

Why does the file below produce this error on GNU Guix, please?

    Makefile:1: *** missing separator.  Stop.

Kind regards
Felix

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* * *

.DELETE_ON_ERROR

all:
    echo "Hello"