* Sccsid @(#)bu 1.1 (gritter) 3/8/07 -1 "no description file after -f flag" You need to specify a makefile with the -f option. -7 "no arguments or description file" There is no "makefile" in the current directory, and you did not supply an explicit target. -10 "too many command lines for " There may be only one set of commands for ":". -21 "*** Error code " An external command returned the non-zero code . Fix the command line, or use the .IGNORE special target or supply the -i option to override this condition. -22 "couldn't load shell" The program specified with the $(SHELL) macro could not be executed. -24 "cannot load ..." An external program could not be executed. -36 "inconsistent rules lines for " There were ":" as well as "::" lines in the makefile. -39 "Must be a separator on rules line ..." A line that is neither a macro assignment nor a command line must contain a target list ending with ":" or "::". -42 "don't know how to make " No command lines were specified for in the makefile, and make does not know how to build that file using built-in rules.