Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <3B37B58B.F87EA366@agilent.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:04:59 -0700 From: Earl Chew Organization: Agilent Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: Shell avoidance in make-3.79.1-3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Earl -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > Earl Chew http://www.agilent.com | > Agilent Technologies mailto:earl_chew AT agilent DOT com | > Advanced Networks Division Tel: +1 604 454 3411 | > 2500-4710 Kingsway Fax: +1 604 454 3401 | > Burnaby BC V5H 4M2 Canada | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple