Hi Jim, >> D:\>nmake >> >> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.00.05 >> Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1987, 1988. All rights reserved. >> >> NMAKE : fatal error U1051: usage : 'NMAKE' [-bcdeinpqrst -f makefile -x >> stderrfi >> le] [macrodefs] [targets] >> Stop. > > > But when I try to build it, it fails in the MAPPER directory with > "line too long": > >> D:\>cd src >> D:\SRC>nmake >> >> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.00.05 >> Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1987, 1988. All rights reserved. >> >> cd messages >> nmake >> >> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.00.05 >> Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1987, 1988. All rights reserved. >> >> attrib -R usa-ms.msg >> buildidx usa-ms.msg >> Index file and message file are of different levels. >> Message file and index file will be updated. >> Message file updated. >> Index file updated. >> attrib +R usa-ms.msg >> cd ..\mapper >> nmake >> >> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.00.05 >> Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1987, 1988. All rights reserved. >> >> masm -Mx -t -I. -I..\inc -I..\dos chdir.asm,chdir.obj; >> D:\src\tools\MASM.EXE(1): error A2106: Line too long
[snip] UTF-8 conversion is the culprit: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/how-not-to-release-historic-source-code/ Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel