Autzoo.1194 net.v7bugs utzoo!henry Mon Dec 7 20:14:52 1981 make(1) vs spaces If you have a makefile like this (the tab is written \t for clarity, note the space preceding it): foo: foo.o \tcc -n -s ... make(1) will produce an EXTREMELY cryptic message. It can take a long time to track this one down, because the line LOOKS right. Perhaps make should consider spaces and tabs equivalent, but I am not sure this is a good idea; if it had been done that way from the beginning, ok, but as a retrofit I wonder how many makefiles would break. Failing this, the error reporting definitely could stand some more smarts.