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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T14:07:37+00:00 2026-05-13T14:07:37+00:00

I have the simplest of makefiles: threads: gcc threads.c -o threads but I get

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I have the simplest of makefiles:

threads:
   gcc threads.c -o threads

but I get the error:

‘make: Fatal error: Don’t know how to make target’

Any ideas what I am doing wrong? It’s probably something simple – I made the makefile in emacs on the system which is trying to run it (Unix)

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    2026-05-13T14:07:38+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 2:07 pm

    Do you have spaces instead of a tab on the second line there? Most common basic make mistake, I’d say.

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