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I'm new to HP-UX system and having one problem with running a make file. 

Make: Must be a separator on rules line 14.  Stop.

I suspect this is due to older version of make deployed on the machine (since the same make file works on other unix and linux based systems).
Questions:-

  • How do I check the version of make (does HP-UX uses GNU make?) on HP-UX
  • How to upgrade make to a newer version.

I tried getting information on make using man make but couldn't find anything on version.

Thanks.

Ankur
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Most programs have a --version switch (all GNU core utilities have one).

Nowhere man
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Kinda brute force and might take a while, but you could try listing version info about all installed software using 

$ swlist -a revision -a title

Then search its output for whatever package looks like it'd have make in it.

Reference

Man page for swlist

David J. Liszewski
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  • thanks. it did work. make 3.81. But not sure this is GNU make (This could be HP-UX own implementation), which is causing problems with make file written for GNU make. – Ankur Jul 25 '11 at 07:09
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Install gmake instead! Default make on hp ux does not works well with Makefiles written to be compatible with GNU make.

jzd
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Pravar Jawalekar
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