[Harbour] Re: Error making _hbhbpdf.c

[Itamar Lins]

> 
> Generally it makes no sense as mingw32-make and win-make
> are the SAME binaries.
> 
> The only difference in your case, is that you seem to
> put MinGW in PATH and try to invoke included GNU Make.
> Which can cause MinGW to be autodetected. Solution, as
> written in INSTALL:
>    "Unpack it [mingw32-make] to your PATH or Harbour
>     source root directory." (instead you put MinGW in
>     PATH which happens to also contain mingw32-make)
> also:
>    "It's recommended to make sure no tools in your PATH
>     belonging to other C compilers are interfering with
>     your setup." (in your case whole MinGW interferes
>    with MSVC)
> plus:
>    "You can also use included copy [of mingw-32make]
>     named win-make.exe instead."
> 
> 'clean' and 'install' are options described in the
> document, so I don't think they should be repeated in
> every make invocation examples.
> 
> win-make is a convenience option, which may or may not
> be included in our distribution, so I don't want to
> include it in every example either.
> 
> Solution is easy: put mingw32-make in your PATH, or
> create a separate dir for it and put that in your PATH.
> 
> Overall, I'm giving up on giving "proper" instructions
> which is fine for everyone. This seems to become a
> "how to mess it up" / "how to misunderstand" / "how
> to pick nits" contest. It's hopeless. Everyone should
> get its act together and figure a little bit themselves.
> 
> Brgds,
> Viktor
> 

Ok, thanks for the responses.
I understand your situation.
I understood the procedure.

Best regards,
Itamar M. Lins Jr.