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Summary: Regression: make -n causes $(shell) failure on Windows Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Monday 04/17/06 at 22:30 UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Bug Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Component Version: 3.81 Operating System: MS Windows Fixed Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: Submitted by J David Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> With this makefile: ------------ files := $(shell dir /b *.c) all: @echo $(files) ------------ ...and presuming that "touch a.c b.c" is done initially, then running make-3.81 under Windows XP SP2 with the -n option fails as follows: F:\>make --version GNU Make 3.81 [...] This program built for Windows32 F:\>make a.c b.c F:\>make -n process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed. echo Running the same commands with the same makefile under Unix succeeds: $ make --version GNU Make 3.81 [...] This program built for sparc-sun-solaris2.9 $ make a.c b.c $ make -n echo a.c b.c This is a regression from 3.81 rc1 to rc2: F:\>make-rc1 --version GNU Make 3.81rc1 [...] This program built for Windows32 F:\>make-rc1 a.c b.c F:\>make-rc1 -n echo a.c b.c F:\>make-rc2 --version GNU Make 3.81rc2 [...] This program built for Windows32 F:\>make-rc2 a.c b.c F:\>make-rc2 -n process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed. echo I believe that the problem is with this change: 2006-02-18 Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * job.c (construct_command_argv_internal): Don't create a temporary script/batch file if we are under -n. That corrected a problem with -n invocations leaving batch files behind (they were created in "construct_command_argv_internal", but because they weren't executed, they weren't subsequently deleted). However, the change causes batch file creation to be omitted under all circumstances if -n is specified. What is wanted instead is omission for commands in rules but not for $(shell) function invocations. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=16362> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make