Re: make environment

[David Boyce]

Take a look at the GNU make manual 
(http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_mono/make.html) and read 
section 5.2 "Command Execution". Note that it says "By default, the program 
`/bin/sh' is used." But do read the whole section for background.

-David Boyce

At 05:32 PM 5/10/2005, Adam Heinz wrote:
> [ Windows XP SP 2, Visual Studio 2003, Cygwin 1.5.12, Make 3.80 ]
>
> I'm using a test makefile with a single goal:
>
> all:
>         @echo COMSPEC = $(COMSPEC)
>         @echo MAKESHELL = $(MAKESHELL)
>         @echo SHELL = $(SHELL)
>
> When I have Visual Studio drive the makefile with
>
>         make -k -C $(InputDir)\.. all
>
> I get
>
>         COMSPEC = /bin/bash
>         MAKESHELL = /bin/bash
>         SHELL = /bin/sh.exe
>
> But when I tell Visual Studio to:
>
>         echo COMSPEC = $(COMSPEC)
>         echo MAKESHELL = $(MAKESHELL)
>         echo SHELL = $(SHELL)
>
> I get
>
>         COMSPEC = /bin/bash
>         MAKESHELL = /bin/bash
>         SHELL = /bin/bash
>
> which is the desired behavior -- mirroring the environment that I launched
> Visual Studio in.
>
> Why is make substituting in a default $SHELL?
>
> Adam
>
>
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