Mathias Michaelis wrote:
> >> Patch
> >> Problem: Make_mvc.mak creates an empty gvim.exe.mnf file
> >> (or stops with an error message).
> >> Solution: Don't use 'echo' to create files. Use inline files
> >> instead.
> >> Files: src/Make_mvc.mak
> >
> > This has always worked just fine. When does it fail?
> >
> The gvim.exe.mnf always was empty -- but as George Reilly (who made
> the skipt) told me, it is only used for 64-Bit Windows.
Strange, the echo commands for the pathdef.c file have always worked just
fine.
> On the other hand, the error message ("FATAL error: echo returned
> '1'") was only issued from time to time, depending on the commands I
> typed in before. However, the message appeared in a reproducible
> manner if I issued the nmake command from within a BATCH file.
This smells like a bug in nmake.
> I checked the documentation of nmake from VC 8.0 (VS 2005) and from
> VC 6.0 to see if inline files can be handled. Since it is possible
> and since I can compile Vim _only_ like that, I'm pretty sure this
> patch facilitate the life of many users.
>
> My environment: Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition.
>
> C:>cmd -version
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>
> C:>nmake /?
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.42
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Before including this change I would have to check the file still works
with old versions of MSVC. I still need to use 4.1 to be able to
generate a win32s version.
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