title: Error running make: missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?)
body: <p>I'm trying to get PHP <code>phar</code> command line tool installed on my Debian VM, how <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15373638/how-to-get-where-to-obtain-the-php-phar-command-line-tool?noredirect=1#comment21740410_15373638">here</a> described:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>(1) download the php-src, I assume it's in /tmp/php/src</p>
  <p>(2) make the dir /tmp/phar</p>
  <p>(3) Save <a href="http://pastebin.com/UgpaRda1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> as /tmp/php-src/ext/phar/Makefile.</p>
  <p>(4) cd /tmp/php-src/ext/phar</p>
  <p>(5) run <code>sudo make</code></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Now after step 5 I get an error:</p>
  <pre><code>:/tmp/php-src/ext/phar# make
  Makefile:11: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?).  Stop.
  </code></pre>
  <p>As I know, there can be two possible causes for this error message:</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>Tabs in the make file. I've tested the file with <code>od -t c Makefile</code>. The file contains no tabs (<code>\t</code>).</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>It could be a <a href="http://buildroot-busybox.2317881.n4.nabble.com/Makefile-904-missing-separator-did-you-mean-TAB-instead-of-8-spaces-Stop-td7469.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bug</a> of <code>make</code> v3.81 and need a <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-November/038615.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">patch</a> or an upgrade to (yet instable: &quot;<a href="http://packages.debian.org/en/experimental/make" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Warning: This package is from the <strong>experimental</strong> distribution.</a>&quot;) v3.82. I've <a href="http://packages.debian.org/de/experimental/amd64/make/download" rel="nofollow noreferrer">downloaded</a> and istalled (<code>dpkg -i make_3.82-1_amd64.deb</code>) it, but the error is still occuring.</p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  <p>What causes the error? How can it be avoided?</p>
  <p>Thx</p>