Q44757: Multiple Targets in NMAKE Do Not Work

Article: Q44757
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist2.00 docerr S_QUICKC | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 2-JUN-1989

Multiple targets in the QuickC Version 2.00 NMAKE utility do not work
properly. The example on the top of Page 167 of the "Microsoft QuickC
Tool Kit" manual shows that each target listed before the dependencies
should be evaluated; however, only the first target is evaluated, and
the others are ignored. Make files that are simplified even more
respond the same way.

The following make file demonstrates the problem:

    target1.exe target2.exe: depend1.obj depend2.obj
        echo $@

For the make file to work properly, change the file to the
following:

    BUILD: target1.exe target2.exe

    target1.exe: depend1.obj depend2.obj
        echo $@

    target2.exe: depend1.obj depend2.obj
        echo $@

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in QuickC Version 2.00.
We are researching this problem and will post new information as it
becomes available.

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