I'm trying to build dmd from source but "make" can't open the makefile.

I checked out the source and everything and the make version I use is the one that comes with the distribution:
Digital Mars Make Version 5.06

So I'm in the source folder (...\dmd2\src\dmd\src), I can clearly see that there is the file win32.mak present and I run:
make release -fwin32

Here is the output:
Error: can't read makefile 'win32'

I'm building on Windows btw.

Thanks,
Phil

On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:15:36 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
> [...]
> make release -fwin32
>
> Here is the output:
> Error: can't read makefile 'win32'
>
> I'm building on Windows btw.
>
> Thanks,
> Phil

Close. You need the extension, I believe.

make -f win32.mak release

On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:18:52 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:15:36 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
>> [...]
>> make release -fwin32
>>
>> Here is the output:
>> Error: can't read makefile 'win32'
>>
>> I'm building on Windows btw.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Phil
>
> Close. You need the extension, I believe.
>
> make -f win32.mak release

Nope, still not working, but thx.

On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:27:55 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
> Nope, still not working, but thx.

Hmm, are you in the src directory?

On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:37:46 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:27:55 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
>> Nope, still not working, but thx.
>
> Hmm, are you in the src directory?

Yes and ls *.mak shows three makefiles:
osmodel.mak
posix.mak
win32.mak

On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:50:50 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:37:46 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
>> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:27:55 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
>>> Nope, still not working, but thx.
>>
>> Hmm, are you in the src directory?
>
> Yes and ls *.mak shows three makefiles:
> osmodel.mak
> posix.mak
> win32.mak

ls? If you're not, I recommend using the cmd.exe terminal.
optlink has had problems with using other terminals.

You may want to look at this guide if you haven't already:

http://wiki.dlang.org/Building_DMD

On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 02:13:38 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:50:50 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
>> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:37:46 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 7 August 2014 at 01:27:55 UTC, Phil Lavoie wrote:
>>>> Nope, still not working, but thx.
>>>
>>> Hmm, are you in the src directory?
>>
>> Yes and ls *.mak shows three makefiles:
>> osmodel.mak
>> posix.mak
>> win32.mak
>
> ls? If you're not, I recommend using the cmd.exe terminal.
> optlink has had problems with using other terminals.
>
> You may want to look at this guide if you haven't already:
>
> http://wiki.dlang.org/Building_DMD

Yeah I read that thx.

Well, it seems like it was indeed the powershell that was troubling it. Just tried it with cmd and it seems to work.

Thx Brad,

Phil