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From: marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MacApp C++ load/dump problem
Keywords: MacApp C++
Message-ID: <49509@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 91 17:44:27 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.202709.16319@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Feb21.202709.16319@bwdls61.bnr.ca> aruigrok@bnr.ca (Adrian C Ruigrok) writes:
>I have a baffling one that I am sure someone else must have come across.  It
>has now happened on two seperate machines here.
>
>The problem occurs when I build a MacApp program with different options (other
>than -debug -sym) it does not build a new dump file.  But it still knows enough
>to tell C++ to use the dump file on the compile.  The end result is that the
>first file it tries to compile it gets an error because it can't find the dump
>file it forget to create:
>MABuildTool - v. 2.0.1 Release 10/25/90          Start: 3:27:03 PM 2/21/91
>
>Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 1986-1990
>All Rights Reserved.
>
>AutoSavingI
>Target Folder: "Macintosh HD:MPW Folder:MailTool:.NoDebug Sym:"
>Making:        MailTool.MAMake
>Compiling:     UMailObjects.cp
>can't open: Macintosh HD:MPW Folder:Load Files:.NoDebug Sym:UMacApp.h.dump
>### MPW Shell - Execution of Macintosh HD:MPW Folder:MailTool:.NoDebug
>Sym:MailTool.MakeIt terminated.
>### MPW Shell - Execution of mabuild terminated.
>
>I dug about and the MakeIt file has no reference to building the dump file as
>it should.  I delete all references to the dump file, and recompiling with
>-debug -sym builds the dump file like a charm.  -sym alone, or anything else
>does not.  So somewhere it is getting in a state and I don't know how to get
>around it.  For now I gave up on load/dump facility.
>If you have seen this but never figured it out, drop me a line.  I will let you
>know what I learned.
>Thanks,
>Adrian
>
>---------------------------------
>Adrian C Ruigrok
>Bell-Northern Research
>aruigrok@bnr.ca

Did you use the "-cplusload" MaBuild option?  When I've recompiled my system,
using it always rebuilt the MacApp dump file.

Mark

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