Make ошибка 126

GNU make gives me a strange error message, which I do not understand.

gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ make
echo Test
C:\Program: C:\Program: is a directory
make: *** [test] Error 126

This is what I thought of verifying:

gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ less makefile
test:
        echo Test

gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ which make
/c/Programx86/GnuWin32/bin/make
gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ /c/Progra~2/GnuWin32/bin/make.exe test
echo Test
C:\Program: C:\Program: is a directory
make: *** [test] Error 126
gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006  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.

This program built for i386-pc-mingw32

It feels like some other program is trying to run at the end, and that its path includes some spaces. In that case, what program could it be, and how can I prevent it from running?

I have seen this thread and tried to disable my antivirus, which did not help.
I have also looked into permissions, but I am not sure if makefile needs execution rights. I can’t seem to be able to change that anyway (running in bash on windows. makefile is not read-only when I check in explorer):

gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ ls -l makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 gao      Administ       21 Apr 15 14:53 makefile
gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ chmod +x makefile
gao@L8470-130213 ~
$ ls -l makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 gao      Administ       21 Apr 15 14:53 makefile

What is going on with make, what can I do?

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Click here follow the steps to fix Make Install Error 126 and related errors.

Instructions

Note:
This article was updated on 2023-09-15 and previously published under WIKI_Q210794

What is Make Install Error 126 error?

The Make Install Error 126 error is the Hexadecimal format of the error caused. This is common error code format used by windows and other windows compatible software and driver vendors.

This code is used by the vendor to identify the error caused. This Make Install Error 126 error code has a numeric error number and a technical description. In some cases the error may have more parameters in Make Install Error 126 format .This additional hexadecimal code are the address of the memory locations where the instruction(s) was loaded at the time of the error.

What causes Make Install Error 126 error?

The Make Install Error 126 error may be caused by windows system files damage. The corrupted system files entries can be a real threat to the well being of your computer.

There can be many events which may have resulted in the system files errors. An incomplete installation, an incomplete uninstall, improper deletion of applications or hardware. It can also be caused if your computer is recovered from a virus or adware/spyware
attack or by an improper shutdown of the computer. All the above actives
may result in the deletion or corruption of the entries in the windows
system files. This corrupted system file will lead to the missing and wrongly
linked information and files needed for the proper working of the
application.

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I am trying to compile a program written in Fortran using make (I have a Makefile and, while in the directory containing the Makefile, I type the command $ make target, where «target» is a system-specific target specification is present in my Makefile. As I experiment with various revisions of my target specification, I often get a variety of error messages when attempting to call make. To give a few examples:

make[1]: Entering directory
/bin/sh: line 0: test: too many arguments
./dpp   angfrc.f > angfrc.tmp.f
/bin/sh: ./dpp: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [angfrc.o] Error 126
make[1]: Leaving directory
make: *** [cmu60] Error 2

and

make[1]: Entering directory
/bin/sh: line 0: test: too many arguments
./dpp -DSTRESS -DMPI -P -D'pointer=integer'-I/opt/mpich_intel/include  angfrc.f > angfrc.tmp.f
/bin/sh: ./dpp: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [angfrc.o] Error 126
make[1]: Leaving directory 
make: *** [mpich-c2] Error 2

and

make[1]: Entering directory 
/bin/sh: line 0: test: too many arguments
./dpp -DSTRESS -DMPI -P -D'pointer=integer' -I/opt/mpich_intel/include  angfrc.f > angfrc.tmp.f
/bin/sh: ./dpp: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [angfrc.o] Error 126
make[1]: Leaving directory 
make: *** [mpi-intel] Error 2

Do you know how I can find a list of what the error codes, such as «Error 126» and «Error 2,» mean? I found this thread on another website, but I am not sure what the reply means. Does it mean that there is no system-independent meaning of the make error codes? Can you please help me? Thank you.