NMAKE Versions 1.12 and 1.13 Do Not Run on an 8088 or 8086

ID Number: Q72707

1.12 1.13

MS-DOS

buglist1.12 buglist1.13

Summary:

Versions 1.12 and 1.13 of the NMAKE utility fail to run on a machine

that has an 8088 or an 8086 processor. This is due to the fact that

these files were inadvertently built with some 80286-specific

processor instructions. These versions of NMAKE run without problems

on any 80286 system (or later), but will immediately return you to the

command prompt if invoked on an 8086 or 8088.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in NMAKE versions 1.12

and 1.13. We are researching this problem and will post new

information here as it becomes available.