ID Number: Q73690
1.00 1.01 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 | 1.01 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
The Microsoft NMAKE File Maintenance utility will only evaluate the
first target in a makefile, even if the /A switch is used. This may
not be readily apparent from the documentation, which states that the
/A switch causes NMAKE to rebuild all requested targets, even if they
are not out of date with respect to their dependents.
More Information:
In the sample makefile below, NMAKE will invoke the compiler to
produce HELLO1.OBJ and then stop. The /A switch will force NMAKE to
recompile HELLO1.C even if HELLO1.OBJ is more recent, but does not
recompile and relink all of the targets in the makefile.
This behavior is documented in section 6.9 of the "Microsoft C
Advanced Programming Techniques" manual that ships with Microsoft C
versions 6.0, 6.0a and 6.0ax, and section 10.10 of the "Microsoft
Macro Assembler Programmer's Guide" that ships with Microsoft Macro
Assembler (MASM) version 6.0.
To force NMAKE to evaluate each target, a pseudotarget may be
specified as the first target in the makefile. The pseudotarget is
given all the other actual targets as dependents. An example is the
"ALL" pseudotarget in the sample makefile below. Uncomment that line
to force both targets to be built. For more information, see the NMAKE
documentation or query on the following words:
nmake and pseudotarget and default
Sample Makefile
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# ALL : hello1.exe hello2.exe
hello1.obj : hello1.c
hello2.obj : hello2.c
hello1.exe : hello1.obj
hello2.exe : hello2.obj
Additional reference words: 1.0 1.00 1.01 1.1 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13