Debugging a makefile step by step

Question

I want to debug a makefile . I came across many posts in Stackoverflow but still need some help .

INCLUDEPATHS=/I"/C:/wxWidgetsDev/lib/vc_lib/mswd" /I"/C:/wxWidgetsDev/include/msvc/"
LIBPATHS=LIBPATH:"/C:/wxWidgetsDev/lib/vc_lib"
HEADERS=headers.h util.h main.h serialize.h uint256.h db.h base58.h

I am using Visual Studio 2008.

The INCLUDEPATHS and LIBPATHS refer to the include and lib files respectively

I am giving the following command in the commandprompt

nmake -f makefile.vc

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file 'wx/wx.h.

The wx/wx.h file is present in the INCLUDEPATH C:/wxWidgetsDev/include/msvc/ , but its still flagging the error .

Answer 1

Okay, first step: Is %INCLUDEPATHS% being used in the makefile compiler line? Otherwise, you're just setting an environment variable that's being used exactly nowhere :-)

I don't know if this is supposed to be automatically added by the compiler or whether you have to do it manually.

Also you refer to both INCLUDEPATHS and INCLUDEPATH in your question - which should it be, if automatic. If manual, you can make it anything just so long as you add it to the compile line.

Answer 2

Per your comment on the first answer, could it be that it doesn't handle spaces in the pathname?