Article: Q66571
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.11 | 1.11
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist1.11 fixlist1.12 s_c | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 9-NOV-1990
The sample makefile below will be correctly executed in all cases
except if the target is missing. In that case, both sets of commands
will be executed even though the second set is not necessary.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in NMAKE version 1.11.
This problem has been corrected in version 1.12, which shipped with
Microsoft COBOL version 4.00.
Multiple Dependency blocks are supposed to be evaluated one at a time.
In the sample makefile, because the target is missing when NMAKE is
invoked, it assumes that both sets of commands will need to be
invoked. This is incorrect behavior.
Sample Makefile
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test.exe :: test.obj test.def
link /nod test,,,slibcew libw, test.def
rc test.res
test.exe :: test.res
rc test.res