> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:11:31 -0500 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [email protected] > From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > %% "Eli Zaretskii" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Hm. Maybe the DOS/Windows shell management code in GNU make should be > >> made aware of, and utilize, the COMSPEC variable (say, if SHELL is not > >> set). > > ez> Make already does that, see variable.c. > > So... I'm losing track here... is the answer to the problem as easy as > checking SHELL to see if it's command.com vs. cmd.exe?
It's a possibility, but AFAIR cmd.exe from Windows NT is still relatively much less smarter than that of W2K or XP. So I'd prefer using a Windows system call. Could someone of the Windows developers please suggest a patch along these lines? _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
