[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-2821935 ] Compiling HEAD with VC nmake under Windows fails

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Bugs item #2821935, was opened at 2009-07-15 15:27
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Category: 53. Configuration and Build Tools
Group: development: 8.6b1.1
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Ronnie Brunner (rbrunner)
Assigned to: Stuart Cassoff (stwo)
Summary: Compiling HEAD with VC nmake under Windows fails

Initial Comment:
Generically compile HEAD using nmake from VC 6.00 fails. (Bug submitted as recommended on c.l.t)

H:\projects\tcl\win>nmake -f makefile.vc all
[...]
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

===============================================================================
*** Compiler has 'Optimizations'
*** Compiler has 'Pentium 0x0f fix'
*** Linker has 'Win98 alignment problem'
*** Intermediate directory will be '.\Release\itcl_Dynamic'
*** Output directory will be '.\Release'
*** Suffix for binaries will be ''
*** Optional defines are '-DTCL_CFGVAL_ENCODING=\"cp1252\" -DSTDC_HEADERS -DTCL_
CFG_OPTIMIZED'
*** Compiler version 6. Target machine is IX86
*** Compiler options ' -QI0f  -Ot -Oi -Op -Gs -YX  -GZ -W3'
*** Link options ''
        cl -nologo -c  -QI0f -W3 -D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_
DEPRECATE -Fp.\Release\itcl_Dynamic\ -O2  -Ot -Oi -Op -Gs -YX -MD -I..\win -I..\
generic -DBUILD_itcl -DTCL_THREADS=1 -I"H:\projects\tcl\win\..\g
eneric" -I"H:\projects\tcl\win\..\win" -DTCL_CFGVAL_ENCODING=\"c
p1252\" -DSTDC_HEADERS -DTCL_CFG_OPTIMIZED -DUSE_TCL_STUBS -DUSE_TCLOO_STUBS -Fo
.\Release\itcl_Dynamic\ @C:\DOCUME~1\ronnie\LOCALS~1\Temp\nma05216.
itclBase.c
..\generic\itclBase.c(85) : error C2026: string too big, trailing characters truncated
itclBuiltin.c
..\generic\itclBuiltin.c(85) : error C2026: string too big, trailing characters truncated
itclParse.c
..\generic\itclParse.c(100) : error C2026: string too big, trailing characters truncated
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

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