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Hello,
I am attempting to build gcc 4.0.4 on my Mac (OS X). When I use the "make" command, it returns with something like this:

Makefile:6089: *** missing separator. Stop.

This means that at the given line, I must go into the file and insert a TAB before the contents of that line. I have done this for several lines, but each "make" command reveals another line with a missing tab. Upon further review, there are literally hundreds of lines that need an adjustment. Is there any other way besides manually fingering through the entire file and inserting tabs? Is it even worth it to do this?
Thanks for any help,
Tyler

It sounds like the file got munged by an editor that turned tabs into spaces - do you still have the pristine copy of the makefile in the tar ball.

You can use tar to re-extract the file, this time don't edit the file with any of MAC OS editors. If you MUST edit it use vim, vi, or elvis.

If you need help re-extracting the file let us know.