> Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 11:45:26 -0400 > From: Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Quoting Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > looking for sh.exe along the PATH, which is quite close. What do you > > suggest to do instead? use cmd.exe? > > > > If enviroment variable SHELL exists use its value otherwise use the > value of COMSPEC unless the makefile sets SHELL explicitly.
Using SHELL from the environment would be against the practice on Unix. And using COMSPEC if SHELL is undefined will effectively make cmd.exe the default shell (because most users don't have SHELL in the environment). That is a major change in the behavior; I'm not sure whether we should make such a change. I agree that Makefile's should generally set SHELL, but the practice is that many don't. _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
