I have written a parser to extract the amake dependencies from the final output file. I then use it with nmake to build the same source presumably in the same order since the same .lnp file is passed to the linker in the make file as is generated by the ide. The makefile build works but the target output file is different. Are there any optimizations or other issues which may be bypassed when the IDE is not used for the build?
Well, after some inspection and talking to someone else, it occurs to me that some of the modules use the __FILE__ predefined macro, so the whole path is probably being stored in the const section in one case, and the relative path in the other case. Doh.
and, if you also use the __LINE__ predefined macro, you will find that making changes to just your comments can affect the generated executable for exactly the same reason...!