Re: Why using TAB instead of space in GNU Make?

Renato Golin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.utils
Message-ID <[email protected]>
sunny wrote:
> Renato Golin wrote:
>> sunny wrote:
>>> I got the answer.........we use tab before commands.....
>>> because by tab only make is able to separate a command from normal
>>> line.
 >>
>> What's a "normal" line?
 >
> A line which is not a command...
> like target: dependency

Never thought of that as "normal", just as "rules", maybe because I've 
never considered commands (or variables, conditionals, etc) as "abnormal".

Anyway, it's just a point of view... ;)

--renato
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