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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:33:03 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: FAQ about make
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In-Reply-To: <6604-Tue31Oct2000165701+0000-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>; from starksb@ebi.ac.uk on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:57:01PM +0000

On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:57:01PM +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>The FAQ now says:
>
>Q.	Why is make behaving badly?
>
>A.	Make has two operating modes, UNIX and WIN32. You need to make
>  	sure that you are operating in the right mode.
>
>	In UNIX mode, make uses sh.exe as a subshell. The path list
>	separator is ':', '\' is the escape character, POSIX paths are
>	expected, and Cygwin mounts will be understood. Use this for
>	Makefiles written for UNIX.
>
>	In WIN32 mode, make uses the "native" command shell (cmd.exe
>	or command.com), with all the restrictions that implies. The
>	path list separator is ';', the path separator is '\', "copy"
>	and "del" work, but the Cygwin mount table is not
>	understood. Use this for nmake-style Makefiles.
>
>	The default mode for the Net Release of make (the one
>	installed by setup.exe) is UNIX. The default mode for
>	commercial releases to Redhat (formerly Cygnus) customers is
>	WIN32.
>
>	You can override the default by setting the environment
>	variable MAKE_MODE to "UNIX" (actually case is not
>	significant) or "WIN32" (actually anything other than
>	"UNIX"). You can also specify the options --unix or --win32 on
>	the make command line.
>
>Is this an accurate explanation?

It seems perfect to me.

cgf

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