FIX: Wrong Output Library Name Used with VCNT Makefile

The information in this article applies to:

• The Visual Workbench included with: Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the makefile created by the Visual Workbench for Windows NT on a command line, or as an external makefile to build a static library, the output library name is not formed as the project name plus the .LIB extension. Instead, the library name is formed using the base name of the first object module specified on the output-dependency line in the makefile.

RESOLUTION

Currently, there are not any flags that can be set from the Visual Workbench to change this behavior. However, you can use the following workarounds by modifying the makefile directly:

• Add option /OUT to the section in the makefile that is creating the response file. For example:

        echo >NUL @<<$(PROJ).CRF
        /OUT:$(PROJ).lib
        module1.obj
        module2.obj
        ...
  

  -or-

• Add option /OUT on the link line where the LIB.EXE file is being invoked. For example:

        link -LIB /OUT:$(PROJ).lib @$(PROJ).CRF
  

  -or-

• Create a batch file to rename the library.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 2.0.