Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] NMAKE: expanded command line '...' too long

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:49:33 -0800
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 10:58:52AM +0300, Corpse wrote:
> I`m trying to compile ethereal for windows using Microsoft`s Visual C...
> NMAKE cries that he can`t expand command line for python...  I don`t
> understand...  Did anyone ever really try to do this?

I've tried it many times - and it's worked for me.  In fact, it worked
last night when I tried it with the current CVS code.

What version of MSVC++ are you using?  I'm using 6.0; perhaps older
versions have shorter line length limits in "nmake".