From:	386sx <386sx AT my-deja DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Building gdb 5.0
Date:	30 Jun 2001 09:36:07 GMT
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>> From: 386sx <386sx AT my-deja DOT com>
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: 29 Jun 2001 08:29:33 GMT
>> 
>> I haven't tried to compile GDB in about a year but as I said I ran
>> into problems trying to compile other programs on Linux due to CDPATH
>> not having "." as the first entry, and indeed I found that when I
>> explicitly do: 
>> 
>> $ make SHELL=/bin/bash 
>> 
>> the problem disappears.
> 
> I'm confused again: does the problem pop up during the time the
> configure script runs, or when you say "make" (or both)?
> 
> I thought it was during the configure script run.

Both.

----------------------------------------
shtest ---------------------------------
----------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh

CDPATH=$HOME
testdir='testing'

mkdir $testdir

if cd $testdir; then
    pwd
    cd $OLDPWD
    echo "** success **"
else
    echo "** failure **"
fi

rmdir $testdir
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
$ ./shtest
./shtest: cd: testing: No such file or directory
** failure **


----------------------------------------
bashtest -------------------------------
----------------------------------------
#!/bin/bash

CDPATH=$HOME
testdir='testing'

mkdir $testdir

if cd $testdir; then
    pwd
    cd $OLDPWD
    echo "** success **"
else
    echo "** failure **"
fi

rmdir $testdir
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
$ ./bashtest
/home/rick/tmp/testing
** success **


----------------------------------------
makefile.sh ----------------------------
----------------------------------------
SHELL = /bin/sh
export CDPATH=$(HOME)
testdir = testing

all:
	@mkdir $(testdir)

	@if cd $(testdir); then \
            pwd; \
            cd $(OLDPWD); \
            echo "** success **"; \
        else \
            echo "** failure **"; \
        fi

	@rmdir $(testdir)
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
$ make -f makefile.sh
/bin/sh: cd: testing: No such file or directory
** failure **


----------------------------------------
makefile.bash --------------------------
----------------------------------------
SHELL = /bin/bash
export CDPATH=$(HOME)
testdir = testing

all:
	@mkdir $(testdir)

	@if cd $(testdir); then \
            pwd; \
            cd $(OLDPWD); \
            echo "** success **"; \
        else \
            echo "** failure **"; \
        fi

	@rmdir $(testdir)
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
$ make -f makefile.bash
/home/rick/tmp/testing
** success **


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