problems with building make on windows

[Jonathan Zhang]

hi folks,

I downloaded make-3.79 and trying to build it on windowsXP, after I say nmake /f NMakefile, I got the following compiling error:

        NMAKE /f NMakefile LDFLAGS="w32\subproc\WinRel\subproc.lib /NOLOGO /SUBS
YSTEM:console /INCREMENTAL:no /MACHINE:I386 /OUT:WinRel/make.exe" CFLAGS="/nolog
o /MT /W3 /GX /Zi /YX /I . /I glob /I w32/include /D WIN32 /D WINDOWS32 /D _CONS
OLE /D HAVE_CONFIG_H /O2 /D NDEBUG /FR.\WinRel/ /Fp.\WinRel/make.pch /Fo.\WinRel
/" OUTDIR=WinRel WinRel/make.exe

 

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

 

        cl /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /Zi /YX /I . /I glob /I w32/include /D WIN32 /D W
INDOWS32 /D _CONSOLE /D HAVE_CONFIG_H /O2 /D NDEBUG /FR.\WinRel/ /Fp.\WinRel/mak
e.pch /Fo.\WinRel/ /c main.c
main.c
main.c(738) : warning C4101: 'fd' : unreferenced local variable
main.c(819) : error C2065: 'LOCALEDIR' : undeclared identifier
main.c(853) : warning C4113: 'void (__cdecl *)()' differs in parameter lists fro
m 'void (__cdecl *)(int )'
main.c(854) : warning C4113: 'void (__cdecl *)()' differs in parameter lists fro
m 'void (__cdecl *)(int )'
main.c(1560) : warning C4308: negative integral constant converted to unsigned t
ype
main.c(1560) : warning C4308: negative integral constant converted to unsigned t
ype
main.c(1731) : warning C4018: '<' : signed/unsigned mismatch
main.c(1813) : warning C4013: 'close' undefined; assuming extern returning int
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin\N
MAKE.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

 

 

so I went to line 819 on main.c and commented out the line that contains LOCALEDIR, and then attempted to rebuild it, i got:

 

        NMAKE /f NMakefile LDFLAGS="w32\subproc\WinRel\subproc.lib /NOLOGO /SUBS
YSTEM:console /INCREMENTAL:no /MACHINE:I386 /OUT:WinRel/make.exe" CFLAGS="/nolog
o /MT /W3 /GX /Zi /YX /I . /I glob /I w32/include /D WIN32 /D WINDOWS32 /D _CONS
OLE /D HAVE_CONFIG_H /O2 /D NDEBUG /FR.\WinRel/ /Fp.\WinRel/make.pch /Fo.\WinRel
/" OUTDIR=WinRel WinRel/make.exe

 

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

 

        cl /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /Zi /YX /I . /I glob /I w32/include /D WIN32 /D W
INDOWS32 /D _CONSOLE /D HAVE_CONFIG_H /O2 /D NDEBUG /FR.\WinRel/ /Fp.\WinRel/mak
e.pch /Fo.\WinRel/ /c main.c
main.c
main.c(738) : warning C4101: 'fd' : unreferenced local variable
main.c(853) : warning C4113: 'void (__cdecl *)()' differs in parameter lists fro
m 'void (__cdecl *)(int )'
main.c(854) : warning C4113: 'void (__cdecl *)()' differs in parameter lists fro
m 'void (__cdecl *)(int )'
main.c(1560) : warning C4308: negative integral constant converted to unsigned t
ype
main.c(1560) : warning C4308: negative integral constant converted to unsigned t
ype
main.c(1731) : warning C4018: '<' : signed/unsigned mismatch
main.c(1813) : warning C4013: 'close' undefined; assuming extern returning int
        link @C:\DOCUME~1\JONATH~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\nma01452.
subproc.lib(sub_proc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _debug_fla
g
WinRel/make.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin\N
MAKE.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

 

I don't understand how to fix this problem, can someone help me out?

thank you!

 

-jonathan