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Q68379: Extmake Switch Does Not Expand Macros |
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Article: Q68379
Version(s): 1.11 | 1.11
Operating System: MS-DOS | OS/2
Flags: ENDUSER | buglist1.11
Last Modified: 24-JAN-1991
The following NMAKE description file shows that macro substitution
does not occur when using the extmake switch.
To show the error, set SUBDIR to a subdirectory and execute NMAKE on
the makefile while in ANOTHER subdirectory.
Sample Makefile
---------------
SUBDIR = subdir
foo.exe: $(SUBDIR)\foo.c
cl %|pfeF
Resulting command: cl $(SUBDIR)\foo.c
The workaround for this particular problem is to replace the extmake
switch with the predefined macros (that is, $** and $?).