Q104648: BUG: NMAKE /V Option Does Not Work in Versions 1.2 and Later

Article: Q104648
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS, version 1.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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The /V option for inheriting macro definitions in recursive calls to NMAKE in
NMAKE version 1.2 does not work correctly. This option was removed from NMAKE
versions 1.3 and later.

RESOLUTION
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There are several different methods that can be used to inherit macros using
NMAKE.

- To inherit environment variables defined in a makefile, use the SET command
  to set the variable. For example, if you wanted to use a new library path and
  inherit that path in NEXTFILE.MAK, you could do the following:

     NEWLIB=C:\MSVC\LIB;C:\MYLIBS;C:\MSVC\MFC\LIB

     ALL:
       set LIB=$(NEWLIB)
       NMAKE /f nextfile.mak

-or-

- To inherit a small number of macros, define a macro on the command line for
  the recursive call:

   ALL:
      NMAKE /f nextfile.mak "MYMACRO=something"

-or-

- Define the macros in the TOOLS.INI initialization file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with NMAKE version 1.2. The option
was removed from later versions of NMAKE.

Additional Reference Words: 1.20 buglist1.20

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbNMAKESearch kbNMAKE120DOS
Version           : MS-DOS:1.2

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