From: Robert  McGovern <robertm@...>
Date: 2004-06-24T23:35:56+09:00
Subject: Win32 build fail: "syntax error : separator missing"

Checked out most recent version of ruby from cvs and tried to build it 

C:\DOWNLO~1\ruby\ruby>win32\configure.bat --prefix c:\rubycvs
Creating Makefile
type `nmake' to make ruby for mswin32.

C:\DOWNLO~1\ruby\ruby>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.10.2240.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

makefile(19) : fatal error U1034: syntax error : separator missing
Stop.

The Makefile is as follows, note line 19 is the first of the RUBY_EXTERN lines

### Makefile for ruby mswin32 ###
srcdir = .
prefix = c:/rubycvs
EXTSTATIC =














RUBY_EXTERN const char ruby_version[];
RUBY_EXTERN const char ruby_release_date[];
RUBY_EXTERN const char ruby_platform[];

MAJOR = 1
MINOR = 9
TEENY = 0
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = x86
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = 15

# OS = mswin32
# RT = msvcrt
# RUBY_INSTALL_NAME = ruby
# RUBY_SO_NAME = $(RT)-$(RUBY_INSTALL_NAME)$(MAJOR)$(MINOR)
# CFLAGS = -nologo -MD $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS) $(PROCESSOR_FLAG)
# CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/missing -DLIBRUBY_SO=\"$(LIBRUBY_SO)\"
# STACK = 0x2000000
# LDFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -Fm
# XLDFLAGS =
# RFLAGS = -r
# EXTLIBS =

!include $(srcdir)/win32/Makefile.sub