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From:	"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net>
To:	"Tirumala R Bokka" <tirumala_rao AT hotmail DOT com>,
	<cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	RE: problems in running nmake from GNU make
Date:	Sat, 16 Oct 1999 11:52:17 -0400
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> Hi,
> 
> I'm facing a problem while I'm trying to run NMAKE from a GNU Makefile
> to build a subsystem. The makefile is recursively invoking nmake 
> to build a 
> subdirectory. I'm invoking nmake as follows:
>    cd dir1 && nmake -f template.mak
> Make invokes NMAKE, but NMAKE gives an error saying,
>    NMAKE : fatal error U1065: invalid option '-'
> 
> Running the same line from shell command line works fine.
> 
> Does GNU Make know about nmake?

NO

> or
> Is NMAKE trying to be smarter than it is?

contorary!!!

> 
> any ideas?

use gnu make

> 
> - Tirumal
> 
> PS: I would like everything to be in the GNU Makefile format but,
>     for the sake of curiosity I'd like to know what's wrong
> 
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