I have some problems with the build on native Windows: 1. "nmake /f xemacs.mak" tries to write $(OUTDIR)\vcversion.c before it makes the directory $(OUTDIR). 2. If a directory exists is checked with "if not exist $(OUTDIR)\nul" but the the makefile does never touch a file nul, thus the tests do not work. This patch fixes it for me. Ben, do my changes break anything else that I have not thought of? I'll commit as soon as I get your approval. nt/ChangeLog addition: 2005-11-08 Marcus Crestani <crestani(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs.mak: * xemacs.mak ($(OUTDIR)): * xemacs.mak (all): Fix build output directory structure. msvc-xemacs-21.5 source patch: Diff command: cvs -q diff -u Files affected: nt/xemacs.mak Index: nt/xemacs.mak =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/nt/xemacs.mak,v retrieving revision 1.117 diff -u -r1.117 xemacs.mak --- nt/xemacs.mak 28 Oct 2005 05:42:07 -0000 1.117 +++ nt/xemacs.mak 8 Nov 2005 14:24:51 -0000 ＠＠ -97,6 +97,8 ＠＠ ########################### Figure out current version of VC++. +!if [if not exist $(OUTDIR) mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"] +!endif !if [echo MSC_VER=_MSC_VER > $(OUTDIR)\vcversion.c] !endif !if [cl /nologo /EP $(OUTDIR)\vcversion.c > $(OUTDIR)\vcversion.tmp] ＠＠ -936,7 +938,7 ＠＠ # Whether to use dependency information generated by make-src-depend # !if $(DEPEND) && exist("$(SRC)\depend") -! if [if not exist $(OUTDIR)\nul mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"] +! if [if not exist $(OUTDIR) mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"] ! endif # This perl script used to be inline but that caused too many quoting problems ! if [perl $(NT)\make-nt-depend -s=$(SRC) -c=$(NT) -o=$(OUTDIR) < $(SRC)\depend > $(OUTDIR)\depend.tmp] ＠＠ -953,18 +955,18 ＠＠ !if $(SEPARATE_BUILD) # #### `if not exist' does not like the quotes around file names. # But what if one of them has spaces? Fucking Microsoft! -! if [if not exist $(BLDROOT)\nul mkdir "$(BLDROOT)"] +! if [if not exist $(BLDROOT) mkdir "$(BLDROOT)"] ! endif -! if [if not exist $(BLDLIB_SRC)\nul mkdir "$(BLDLIB_SRC)"] +! if [if not exist $(BLDLIB_SRC) mkdir "$(BLDLIB_SRC)"] ! endif -! if [if not exist $(BLDNT)\nul mkdir "$(BLDNT)"] +! if [if not exist $(BLDNT) mkdir "$(BLDNT)"] ! endif -! if [if not exist $(OUTDIR)\nul mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"] +! if [if not exist $(OUTDIR) mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"] ! endif -! if [if not exist $(BLDSRC)\nul mkdir "$(BLDSRC)"] +! if [if not exist $(BLDSRC) mkdir "$(BLDSRC)"] ! endif # No point. -# ! if [if not exist "$(BLDROOT)\nul" mkdir "$(BLDROOT)"] +# ! if [if not exist "$(BLDROOT)" mkdir "$(BLDROOT)"] # ! endif !endif ＠＠ -987,7 +989,7 ＠＠ ###################### Generated source files -$(OUTDIR)\nul: +$(OUTDIR): -＠mkdir $(OUTDIR) XEMACS_INCLUDES=\ ＠＠ -1310,7 +1312,7 ＠＠ ## and update-elc-2 due to the sideways dependency of NEEDTODUMP. See ## src/Makefile.in.in for a more detailed discussion of this. -all: installation $(OUTDIR)\nul $(LIB_SRC_TOOLS) \ +all: installation $(OUTDIR) $(LIB_SRC_TOOLS) \ update-elc update-elc-2 \ $(LISP)/finder-inf.el load-shadows info -- Marcus