OT: "unterminated character constant" during a compile??

[Kenward Vaughan <kaynjay@igalaxy.net>]

I apologize for the OT but as I mentioned in another post, I don't know any
other source of good help (I'm open to recommendations...).

I have tried to compile an app forming part of a molecular docking package
(not the same program forming the subject of that other post, but another in
the package) and have encountered an error about an "unterminated character
constant." It appears to reference a file at line 161, but that is merely a
comment line.  I'm hoping someone can help shed light on what is happening,
and whether I can recover from the problem.  I'd really appreciate any
input.

This particular program is Gnu copyrighted, if someone wants to see the
whole thing.  The Makefile and compile messages are below.

Many thanks in advance,

Kenward


daddy:/home/local/src/autodock/dist305/src/protonate# cat Makefile
SHELL=/bin/sh
# following is needed only for HP-UX machines that don't recognize getarg:
#MACHINE=-DHP

protonate: protonate.o
        $(FC) -o $@ protonate.o

.f.o:
        /lib/cpp -P -DLSQ  $*.f > _$*_.f
        $(FC) -c _$*_.f
        /bin/mv _$*_.o $*.o
        /bin/rm _$*_.f

clean:
        -/bin/rm protonate *.o

10:59:58
daddy:/home/local/src/autodock/dist305/src/protonate# make
/lib/cpp -P -DLSQ  protonate.f > _protonate_.f
protonate.f:161: unterminated character constant
make: *** [protonate.o] Error 1

11:00:04
daddy:/home/local/src/autodock/dist305/src/protonate# ls -l
total 88
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff       12488 Mar  5  1999 COPYING.GNU
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff         280 Mar  5  1999 Makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff        2566 Mar  5  1999
PROTON_INFO.kollua_polH
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff         199 Mar  5  1999 README
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff       28472 Apr 27 23:00 _protonate_.f
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff        3343 Mar  5  1999 protonate.1
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff       21442 Mar  5  1999 protonate.f
-rw-r--r--    1 daddy    staff        1818 Mar  5  1999 protonate.h


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