FIX: Bad Macro Substitution, In-line File in Inference Rule

MS-DOS                   | OS/2

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS, versions 1.01, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, and 1.13
• Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, versions 1.01, 1.11, 1.12, and 1.13

SYMPTOMS

Using an in-line file inside of an inference rule with NMAKE version 1.11, 1.12, or 1.13 can cause improper results in macro substitutions following the in-line file.

STATUS

This problem has been fixed in NMAKE versions 1.2 and later.

MORE INFORMATION

The following NMAKE description file produces the following output:

   cl -c test.c
   link @lrf
   cd test.exe   <---- This is wrong.   It should be "cd \test"

The third line of the output is incorrect. The macro $(SAMPLEDIR) is incorrectly replaced with the value of $(EXENAME).

Sample Makefile

EXENAME=test.exe SAMPLEDIR=\test

.obj.exe:

  link @<<lrf     <--- In-line file with $(EXENAME) macro
$<                     causes the problem.

  cd $(SAMPLEDIR)

test.obj:test.c