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Asked: 2026-05-25T18:55:06+00:00

I am trying to use nmake to create and then test my installer and

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I am trying to use nmake to create and then test my installer and uninstaller. While creation and uninstallation can be checked out of the box I cannot figure out how to check that a file got removed after uninstall.

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  ?: InstalledFile.txt
        Setup.exe --uninstall

    InstalledFile.txt: Installer
        Setup.exe

    Installer: Setup.exe
        InstallerAssembler.py -p=Complex.xml -t=Complex

    Setup.exe: 
        p4 sync $(VIEW)
        devenv ...
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  1. Editorial Team

    make isn’t very good at representing negative logic.

    The standard workaround, I believe, is to create a dummy file:

    InstalledFile.txt.isabsent:
    (some command that creates the target if InstalledFile.txt does not exist, and fails otherwise)
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