Hi,
Your Makefile outputs cmd.exe for me, but uses sh.exe to do it.
make-3.79.1, Intel C++ compiler, HAVE_CYGWIN_SHELL=1.
Have you tried using BATCH_MODE_ONLY_SHELL instead?
I had a quick look at the code. Process_begin() in sub_proc.c tries to do
all kinds of magic stuff to the command line. My view is that is should
probably leave it alone, or only change it if told. The whole area looks
like it needs a rethink to me.
Jan Mikkelsen.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Loder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, 31 August 2000 6:32
Subject: Setting and using SHELL variable
>Hello. I've read the GNU Make Manual and looked around in the help
>archives for anything related to this problem, but can't find anything.
>
>I am running on Windows NT and I want my shell commands to be interpreted
>by cmd.exe instead of sh.exe. I set the SHELL environment variable from
>within the makefile as follows:
>
>######begin makefile#################
>SHELL=cmd.exe
>
>all:
> echo $(SHELL)
>######end makefile###################
>
>When I execute this makefile, it echos "C:/bin/sh.exe" instead of
>cmd.exe. I have experimented with quite a few variations on this makefile,
>including:
>
>1) Setting SHELL using simple variable syntax (SHELL := ...)
> ^^
>
>2) Setting SHELL and/or MAKESHELL
>
>3) Using the full path to cmd.exe (with backslashes and with forward
> slashes).
>
>4) Renaming sh.exe to something else (so it isn't found)
>
>5) Setting SHELL via the environment and then using the -e flag to make
>
>6) Setting/unsetting/messing with the COMSPEC environment variable
>
>...and a few other permutations, with no luck.
>
>The only thing that comes even remotely close to the behavior I'd expect
>is when I pass a SHELL definition on the make command line:
>
>make SHELL=cmd.exe all
>
>This will spawn cmd.exe all right, but the shell command from the makefile
>isn't executed, and the cmd.exe is not closed (so I have to type 'exit'
>several times after the makefile finishes to get back to my original
>shell).
>
>I am using make 3.79 compiled with VC++ 6.0 on Windows 2000.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
> Chad Loder
>
>
>
>
