DOCUMENT:Q104648  29-OCT-1999  [utilities]
TITLE   :BUG: NMAKE /V Option Does Not Work in Versions 1.2 and Later
PRODUCT :Microsoft Programming Utilities
PROD/VER:MS-DOS:1.2
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kb16bitonly

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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
==========

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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