Makefile:26: *** missing separator. Stop.

1. Makefile:26: *** missing separator. Stop.

strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ make DEFINE_VAR=true OPT=define
Makefile:26: *** missing separator.  Stop.
strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ 

2. cat Makefile 无法发现异常

strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ ll
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 2 strong strong 4096 Mar  8 11:14 ./
drwxr-xr-x 8 strong strong 4096 Mar  8 09:51 ../
-rw-rw-r-- 1 strong strong  568 Mar  8 11:14 Makefile
strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ 
strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ cat Makefile 
# ============================================================================
# Name        : Makefile
# Author      : Yongqiang Cheng
# Version     : Feb 16, 2019
# Copyright   : Copyright 2019 ForeverStrong License
# Description : Workspace in C, Ansi-style
# ============================================================================

ifdef DEFINE_VAR
    VAR = "!!!Hello World!!!"
endif

ifeq ($(OPT), define)
    VAR ?= "!FIRST!"
endif

ifeq ($(OPT), add)
    VAR += "!SECOND!"
endif

ifeq ($(OPT), recover)
    VAR := "!THIRD!"
endif

all :
    @echo $(VAR)

strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ 

3. vim 编辑 Makefile 文件发现异常

4. 修正错误

Makefile 文件中，命令行以 tab 键开头，避免使用 空格+空格+空格+空格。

5. make DEFINE_VAR=true OPT=define

strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$ make DEFINE_VAR=true OPT=define
!!!Hello World!!!
strong@foreverstrong:~/Desktop/makefile_work$

References

[1] Yongqiang Cheng, https://yongqiang.blog.csdn.net/