From: smithj AT ksu DOT edu ("Jeffery G. Smith") Subject: Make SHELL variable 5 Feb 1997 14:39:30 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <32F8E8AC.50B1.cygnus.gnu-win32@ksu.edu> Reply-To: smithj AT ksu DOT edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) Original-To: Lists - Cygnus GNU Win32 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I notice that when make executes a command it actually does a $(SHELL) -c command This appears to be a GNU make thing since it happens on our standard UNIX platforms as well. I wasn't able to find any documentation that admitted that this -c was added or how to get rid of it. I really would like to be able to use cmd.exe as the SHELL but the -c gets in the way. -- I'm Luke Skywalker; I'm here to rescue you. /* Jeffery G. Smith, MCSE, smithj AT pobox DOT com * * BS-RHIT, MS-OSU, DJ-WMHD (aka Doc. Insomnia) * * Physics Computer Support Team Coach * * http://pobox.com/~smithj/ */ - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".