Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <003a01c0fdd6$7b448290$6464648a@ca.boeing.com> From: "Michael A. Chase" To: "Earl Chew" , References: <3B37B58B.F87EA366@agilent.com> Subject: Re: Shell avoidance in make-3.79.1-3 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:22:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Advice: Don't do that! :}b I'm a bit slow today, what is the problem with make using /bin/sh? Make needs _something_ to interpret shell commands. The ash shell which is normally used for /bin/sh under Cygwin is a quicker shell than bash that is sufficient for the sorts of things make wants a shell to do. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Chew" To: Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 15:04 Subject: Shell avoidance in make-3.79.1-3 > Can anyone offer some advice /bin/sh avoidance with make? > > I'm trying to figure out how to trigger make-3.79.1-3 to avoid > invoking /bin/sh unnecessarily. > > I construct a makefile: > > all: ; sleep 15 > > Then I try: > > bash-2.05$ echo $SHELL > /bin/sh > bash-2.05$ ps > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 317 1 317 317 -1 500 14:59:36 /bin/bash > 261 317 261 458 -1 500 14:59:36 /usr/bin/ps > bash-2.05$ make -f ../foo.mk > ps > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 317 1 317 317 -1 500 14:59:36 /bin/bash > 461 317 461 549 -1 500 14:59:41 /usr/bin/make > 591 461 461 224 -1 500 14:59:41 /bin/sh > 662 591 461 585 -1 500 14:59:41 /usr/bin/ps > > I then try with SHELL unset: > > bash-2.05$ unset SHELL > bash-2.05$ echo $SHELL > > bash-2.05$ make -f ../foo.mk > ps > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 317 1 317 317 -1 500 14:59:36 /bin/bash > 465 317 465 563 -1 500 15:01:41 /usr/bin/make > 666 465 465 620 -1 500 15:01:41 /bin/sh > 699 666 465 710 -1 500 15:01:41 /usr/bin/ps -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple