makefile error on another mud of mine cant fix

$ make
make smaug
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/sm/src'
gcc -c -O -g3 -Wall -Wuninitialized -DSMAUG act_comm.c
In file included from act_comm.c:32:
mud.h:1: error: parse error before '[' token
mud.h:1: error: stray '\' in program
mud.h:1: error: stray '\' in program
In file included from act_comm.c:32:
mud.h:2:68: too many decimal points in number
mud.h:5: error: parse error before numeric constant
mud.h:5: error: stray '\' in program
mud.h:6:65: warning: character constant too long for its type
act_comm.c: In function `is_profane':
act_comm.c:3363: warning: implicit declaration of function `re_exec'
make[1]: *** [act_comm.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/sm/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2

wat do i need to fix in here to get it to work. note this mud ditn come with a makefile so i took one from a similar mud.

It didn't come with a Makefile? What codebase exactly are you using?

smaug1.4 for windows i think it has the start up exe file so all i got to do is click it to turn it on. It didnt come with a help file but i want to do editing tot his mud.

Well, do you want to do coding or not? If you do, I'd again suggest to use SmaugFUSS. If not, I guess I would suggest to use SmaugWiz.

is there a smaugfuss that has exe start up command for it cause it seems to have problems on my comp and deosnt want to start up otherwise. Cause i do want to code, but the nohup comand wont let me start the mud over here.

i wish i can just write a makefile for my smaug code lol. to make things easier i jsut wish i can make it work so i can use the exe command that came with the mud. i can edit the code jsut cant compile it.

Let me just ask, are you using Cygwin or no?

yes im using cygwin

Well then SmaugFUSS should be fine. It shouldn't come with a .exe anyways. What problem did you exactly have with SmaugFUSS?

Compiling o/update.o....
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find
-ldl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [smaug] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

that

and i dont know how to exactly start it up after i get that fixed.

I've already explained how to fix it. There is a flag in the Makefile you need to toggle. If you don't understand, just let me know.

And as for starting it, run the exec or do this:

i dont know how to toggle it i should have said that sorry. im a idiot when comign to this im so new.

Okay, look in the Makefile for a line that mentions ldl or the sort. It should say to uncomment or comment the line below. Do so by removing (or adding) a # in front of the line.

theres a problem im on the mud but i cant do anything it wont le tme talk or use mset or nothing

No commands work? Does anything work?

if i type l it says u complaina bout lag
if i type n it saysur nagged

so no comaands work it lets u log in thats about it after that you cant event alk on it.

So socials work, but not commands.

Read over the Makefile again and make sure all relevant flags are on.

CC = gcc
#PROF = -p

#Uncomment to compile in Cygwin
#CYGWIN = -DCYGWIN

#Uncomment the line below if you are getting undefined references to dlsym, dlopen, and dlclose.
#Comment it out if you get errors about ldl not being found.
#NEED_DL = -ldl

#Some systems need this for dynamic linking to work.
EXPORT_SYMBOLS = -export-dynamic

# Uncomment the two lines below if compiling on a Solaris box
#SOLARIS_FLAG = -Dsun -DSYSV
#SOLARIS_LINK = -lnsl -lsocket

#IMC2 - Comment out to disable IMC2 support
IMC = 1

W_FLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Wshadow -Wformat-security -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wredundant-decls -Wstrict-prototypes

C_FLAGS = -g2 $(W_FLAGS) $(SOLARIS_FLAG) $(PROF) $(EXPORT_SYMBOLS)
L_FLAGS = $(PROF) $(SOLARIS_LINK) -lz $(NEED_DL)

C_FILES = act_comm.c act_info.c act_move.c act_obj.c act_wiz.c ban.c boards.c \
build.c clans.c color.c comm.c comments.c const.c db.c deity.c fight.c \
handler.c hashstr.c hotboot.c imm_host.c interp.c magic.c makeobjs.c mapout.c mccp.c \
misc.c mpxset.c mud_comm.c mud_prog.c planes.c player.c polymorph.c \
reset.c save.c services.c sha256.c shops.c skills.c special.c tables.c \
track.c update.c

ifdef IMC
C_FILES := imc.c $(C_FILES)
C_FLAGS := $(C_FLAGS) -DIMC -DIMCSMAUG
endif

O_FILES := $(patsubst %.c,o/%.o,$(C_FILES))

H_FILES = $(wildcard *.h)

all:
$(MAKE) -s smaug

# pull in dependency info for *existing* .o files
-include dependencies.d

ifdef CYGWIN
smaug: $(O_FILES)
rm -f smaug.exe
dlltool --export-all --output-def smaug.def $(O_FILES)
dlltool --dllname smaug.exe --output-exp smaug.exp --def smaug.def
$(CC) -o smaug.exe $(O_FILES) smaug.exp $(L_FLAGS)
echo "Generating dependency file ...";
$(CC) -MM $(C_FLAGS) $(C_FILES) > dependencies.d
perl -pi -e 's.^([a-z]).o/$$1.g' dependencies.d
echo "Done compiling mud.";
chmod g+w smaug.exe
chmod a+x smaug.exe
chmod g+w $(O_FILES)

clean:
rm -f o/*.o smaug.exe *~
@echo "Generating dependency file ...";
@$(CC) -MM $(C_FLAGS) $(C_FILES) > dependencies.d
@perl -pi -e 's.^([a-z]).o/$$1.g' dependencies.d
else
smaug: $(O_FILES)
rm -f smaug
$(CC) -export-dynamic -o smaug $(O_FILES) $(L_FLAGS)
echo "Generating dependency file ...";
$(CC) -MM $(C_FLAGS) $(C_FILES) > dependencies.d
perl -pi -e 's.^([a-z]).o/$$1.g' dependencies.d
echo "Done compiling mud.";
chmod g+w smaug
chmod a+x smaug
chmod g+w $(O_FILES)

clean:
rm -f o/*.o smaug *~
@echo "Generating dependency file ...";
@$(CC) -MM $(C_FLAGS) $(C_FILES) > dependencies.d
@perl -pi -e 's.^([a-z]).o/$$1.g' dependencies.d
endif

indent:
indent -ts3 -nut -nsaf -nsai -nsaw -npcs -npsl -ncs -nbc -bls -prs -bap -cbi0 -cli3 -bli0 -l125 -lp -i3 -cdb -c1 -cd1 -sc -pmt $(C_FILES)
indent -ts3 -nut -nsaf -nsai -nsaw -npcs -npsl -ncs -nbc -bls -prs -bap -cbi0 -cli3 -bli0 -l125 -lp -i3 -cdb -c1 -cd1 -sc -pmt $(H_FILES)

indentclean:
rm *.c~ *.h~

o/%.o: %.c
echo " Compiling $@....";
$(CC) -c $(C_FLAGS) $< -o $@

.c.o: mud.h
$(CC) -c $(C_FLAGS) $<

thats the file itself
im not sure what has to be on

#Uncomment the line below if you are getting undefined references to dlsym, dlopen, and dlclose.
#Comment it out if you get errors about ldl not being found.
#NEED_DL = -ldl

#Some systems need this for dynamic linking to work.
EXPORT_SYMBOLS = -export-dynamic

I think if you need to uncomment NEED_DL for this to work propperly.

You also need to uncomment this line, like it says in the comment:

I think he just commented out NEED_DL because it wouldn't compile.

thanks all my muds up and running now thanks you all for the help and ill be sure to be back to ask more questions.