Hi want to know the syntax of printing something (value or variable) in GNU make utility. I give this in the Makefile:

echo "Hi"
OR
@echo "Hi"

But I only get error this when I run make (at the line where I have echo):
Makefile:9: *** missing separator. Stop.

Whats the problem? How can I print something ?

Actions occur in Makefiles as they are needed by dependencies.
If this is the case, make sure you have a TAB character at the front of the line.

test:
<tab>@echo "Hello"

should work just fine.

You have $(warning text) function in gmake.

$(warning This is a warning)

prints

This is a warning

to stderr.

You can have this anywhere, no condition of tab.