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From: "Michael A. Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Earl Chew" <earl_chew AT agilent DOT com>,
        "Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Shell avoidance in make-3.79.1-3
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:41:47 -0700
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Maybe make doesn't know it can execute ps directly.  Do you get the same
effect if you give it /usr/bin/ps ?  Or with:

all:
    /usr/bin/ps

Or:

all:
    /usr/bin/ps -ef
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Chew" <earl_chew AT agilent DOT com>
To: "Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 17:10
Subject: Re: Shell avoidance in make-3.79.1-3


> Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > That leaves only the question: Why are you asking when you know
> > already?
>
> The makefile:
>
> all: ; ps
>
> tells me:
>
> 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
>
> that make is invoking /bin/sh in order to invoke /usr/bin/ps.
>
> Why isn't make invoking /usr/bin/ps directly?



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