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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 11:55:14 -0400
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> I'm sure there are no dobule hyphens that I can see in the file.
> This must be somehow happening behind the scenes.
>

M$ nmake cannot understand Unices style Makefiles properly

use gnu make.


> - Tirumal
>
> >From: "Ajit George" <gajit AT kurianinc DOT com>
> >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 02:57:44 -0500
> >
> >Since invoking 'nmake -' gets the same results, it looks like
> your makefile
> >passes a double dash to nmake somewhere along the line.
> >
> >Ajit
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:	cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> >[mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com] On Behalf Of Tirumala R Bokka
> >Sent:	Saturday, October 16, 1999 4:28 AM
> >To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> >Subject:	problems in running nmake from GNU make
> >
> >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?
> >or
> >Is NMAKE trying to be smarter than it is?
> >
> >any ideas?
> >
> >- 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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