Re: [ns] error in makefile.vc of ns-2?

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@packetdesign.com>]

that all-recursive target should be got rid of in win32. That 'for' is sh
syntax and it does not work with nmake.


On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Glenson Muthedan wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to compile ns-2.1b7 on Win98. But I
> have a problem with the makefile. The compilation 
> stops while executing the following lines of the
> makefile.vc:
> 
> ###
> SUBDIRS=\
>   indep-utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest \
>   indep-utils/webtrace-conv/dec \
>   indep-utils/webtrace-conv/epa \
>   indep-utils/webtrace-conv/nlanr \
>   indep-utils/webtrace-conv/ucb
> 
> all: $(NS) all-recursive
> 
> all-recursive:
>   for i in $(SUBDIRS); do ( cd $$i; $(MAKE) all; ) done
> 
> ###
> 
> Then the following error-discription appeared:
> ---
> 
> for i in  indep-utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest  indep-utils/web
> trace-conv/dec  indep-utils/webtrace-conv/epa  indep-uti
> ls/webtrace-conv/nlanr  indep-utils/webtrace-conv/ucb; do
> ( cd $i; NMAKE all; ) done
> 
> Syntax error
> 
> ---
> 
> Is there really an error in the for-loop? Or NMAKE of
> VC++ 5.0 doesn't know any "for"?
> How can I have the functionality of that for-loop without
> the usage of "for"?.
> 
> Thanks. Have a nice day!
> 
> Glenson.
> 
> 
>