Re: [PATCH] makefile fix, change installer compression

Jeffrey Altman wrote:

> Which version of nmake are you using?
> The 1.3.63 release of openAFS was built using MSVC 6.0 
> 
>     [C:\4\4NT]nmake -version    
>     Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
> 
> and it had no problems.  What errors have you seen?

That's what I have also, and same version of nmake.exe.

The error is due to the lines like these:

 > -    $(C2OBJ) -I$*(*D) $**
 > +    $(C2OBJ) -I$(*D) $**

When the command runs I see something like:

... -Isome_path(*D) ...

The extraneous (*D) causes problems.  With my fix, it currently builds OK for me.
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Joe Buehler