Re: os-windows/3606: makefile.nt needs to use $() instead of %%

[Juan Oropeza <jl...@us.oracle.com>]

The following reply was made to PR os-windows/3606; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Juan Oropeza <jl...@us.oracle.com>
To: pcs@apache.org
Cc: apbugs@apache.org
Subject: Re: os-windows/3606: makefile.nt needs to use $(<variable>) instead of 
 %<variable>%
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 11:07:53 -0800

 Hello,
 
     I noticed the new files in 1.3.4, but if you make this change to the
 makefile.nt, then you will support both NT and Win95/98 without having to
 maintain two sets of makefiles. I think this would be a cleaner fix to the
 problem.
 
 Thanks
 Juan
 
 pcs@apache.org wrote:
 
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 > Synopsis: makefile.nt needs to use $(<variable>) instead of %<variable>%
 >
 > State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
 > State-Changed-By: pcs
 > State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 30 11:47:51 PST 1999
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > This is really a difference between NT and Win9x. The
 > makefile is designed for NT, which is why it is called
 > Makefile.nt. In 1.3.4 there are separate makefiles
 > for Win9x (one for a release build and one for a debug
 > build). This will let you build Apache on Win9x and
 > so solves this problem. Note that Apache is designed
 > to be built with VC++ 5, not 6, although I would expect
 > both to work.