Awkward error message: "Fix you path"

### Check-list

- [x] I did not find the issue in the existing issues
- [x] I can reproduce the issue with unmodified Buildroot from [this
      repository](https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot), not from a
      fork somewhere else
- [x] I can reproduce the issue on the latest commit of the branch I'm using:
    - [x] master
    - [x] stable (i.e. 2025.08.2 - please specify)
    - [ ] LTS (i.e. 20NN.02.x - please specify)
- [x] I can reproduce the issue after running `make clean; make`
- [x] I attached the full build log file (e.g. `make 2>&1 |tee build.log`)
- [ ] I attached a **minimal** defconfig file that can reproduce the
      issue (`make BR2_DEFCONFIG=$(pwd)/issue_defconfig savedefconfig`)
- [ ] I also attached the configuration for kconfig-based packages that
      are enabled (and necessary to reproduce the issue), most notably:
    - [ ] busybox
    - [ ] linux
    - [ ] uclibc
    - [ ] uboot
    - [ ] 

What I did

  • Buildroot commit sha1: 2025.11-rc2-49-gd655b6e4f1

  • Distribution of the build machine: macOs Sequoia 15.5

    $ make defconfig
    $ make

What happens

The Makefile prints out:

Your PATH contains spaces, TABs, and/or newline (\n) characters.
This doesn't work. Fix you PATH.

What was expected

The wording is very strange. First, "Fix you PATH" isn't a correct sentence. Also, the phrase "This doesn't work" is not very clear. It works fine, but it sounds like buildroot doesn't support this.

A better phrasing would be:

Your PATH contains spaces, tabs, and/or newline (\n) characters. These characters can cause problems with buildroot packages. Please ensure your PATH does not have any of these characters.