Re: [AD] Bug Found

[Chris <kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bobby Ferris wrote:
> obj/mingw32/asmcapa.h:1: parse error before string constant
> make[1]: *** [obj/mingw32/alleg/poly3d.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/MinGW/allegro'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

Since I don't have Windows anymore, I can't test this, but I can take a 
really wild stab at the answer. Do you happen to have Unix Tools 
installed? Or do you have sh.exe anywhere in your path? I think what's 
happening is that the generation of asmcapa.h uses the echo command to 
fill it in, however, DOS/Windows's echo command behaves differently than 
a Unix shell's.

What I believe is happening is that Allegro's detecting Unix Tools, so 
it's using a Unix-style echo syntax:

echo "#define blahbah" > asmcapa.h

like that, which would copy what's inside the quotation marks. However 
you ended up using Windows's echo, which copies everything including the 
quotes, giving you the string literals it's complaining about.

If my hunch is right, you should go into a Unix shell prompr, do a make 
clean and make again. I have no idea what other files would be affected.

- Kitty Cat