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Re: if SHELL not set, COMSPEC used - not working?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: if SHELL not set, COMSPEC used - not working? |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:11:43 +0200 |
> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:09:32 +0000
> From: Greg Chicares <address@hidden>
> Cc:
>
> For me, it seems to work as you expect, using a native msw build
> of the original make-3.81 sources:
>
> C:\cygwin\home\chicares\tmp>\usr\bin\make -f foobar
> ver
>
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
Probably because you don't have a sh.exe anywhere on your native
Windows PATH. The Windows port of Make always invokes a Unixy shell
if it can find it, but falls back on cmd.exe. This is regardless of
whether SHELL is or isn't set in the environment.