Dave Allan <dallan(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > I made a few changes to some of the sources, not realizing my editor > was using tabs for indentation which caused the build to complain. I > wasn't sure what the error was trying to tell me at first; here's a > patch that makes the message clearer (to me at least). > > Dave > diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint > index 10d481b..3b7594d 100644 > --- a/Makefile.maint > +++ b/Makefile.maint > @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ sc_TAB_in_indentation: > $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) \ > | grep -E '\.[ch](\.in)?$$' \ > | grep -v '^gnulib/') && \ > - { echo '$(ME): found TAB(s) use for indentation; use spaces' \ > + { echo '$(ME): found TAB(s) used for indentation in C sources; use spaces' \ > 1>&2; exit 1; } || : ACK, but please split that line so it doesn't exceed 80 columns, e.g., { echo '$(ME): found TAB(s) used for indentation in C sources;' \ 'use spaces' 1>&2; exit 1; } || :