title: Makefile error: Unexpected end of line seen
body: <p>Trying to install Git, I ran configure and make, but got the following error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile,
    line 221: Unexpected end of line seen</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The Makefile looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>218:    GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
  219:            @$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
  220:    -include GIT-VERSION-FILE
  221:
  222:    uname_S := $(shell sh -c 'uname -s 2&gt;/dev/null øø echo not')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What's causing the error?</p>
  
  <p>The following information may or may not be relevant:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I tried to install Git 1.7.0.3 on
  SunOS 5.9 (Solaris 9) in a directory in my account.</li>
  <li>The gcc version is 3.4.2 (older then the
  version of 3.4.6 stated by
  sunfreeware.com).</li>
  <li>I don't have root privileges.</li>
  </ul>