FIX: Bad Macro Substitution, In-line File in Inference Rule (66459)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS
  • Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2
This article was previously published under Q66459

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"

NMAKE: fatal error U1077: 'cd' return code 1
Stop.
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.
$(EXENAME);
<<KEEP
  cd $(SAMPLEDIR)

test.exe:test.obj

test.obj:test.c
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/23/2003
Keywords:kb16bitonly kbfix KB66459
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