Missing Separator error

[Larry Knibb]

I'm trying to 'make test' to check a Perl module before installing on Win32
and I get
    "makefile:770: *** missing separator.  Stop."
I had a look around line 770 of the makefile and it looks like this:

765: pm_to_blib: $(TO_INST_PM)
766:     @$(PERL) "-I$(INST_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(INST_LIB)" \
767:     "-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)" "-I$(PERL_LIB)" -MExtUtils::Install \
768:     -e "pm_to_blib(qw[ <<pmfiles.dat ],'$(INST_LIB)\auto')"
769:    
770: $(PM_TO_BLIB)     #<----this one here
771: <<
772:     @$(TOUCH) $@

I get this same message with every Perl module I try to 'make' and (although
not always the same line number) the $(PM_TO_BLIB) is always the problem.

Any help much appreciated...

Debug info for 'make -d test' is copied in below.

GNU Make version 3.78.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for Windows32
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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makefile:770: *** missing separator.  Stop.
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Larry Knibb
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