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Subject: Re: Makefile command interpreter
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The problem is that Make invokes the shell with -c, e.g.

bash -c "gcc ..."

cmd.exe doesn't understand that and apparently ignores it.  But when
you supply /c, yielding

cmd.exe /c -c "gcc ..."

It complains.  Basocally, make expects a shell that accepts Unix shell
args.  You could create a wrapper for the windows shell that does,
maybe, but you can't use the windows shell directly from Cygwin's
make.


On 5/15/08, Volker Kuhlmann <volker AT chiptech DOT co DOT nz> wrote:
>>> Setting export SHELL=cmd.exe
>>> calls cmd.exe alright, but then sits there forever waiting for input.
>>
>> Just a wild guess, as I have not tested this:
>>
>> Have you tried cmd.exe with the /c switch? If cmd.exe is called without
>> that switch, it expects input from the standard input (console).
>
> Yes, tried that, the result always is
>
>     '-c' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>     operable program or batch file.
>
> Something is messing with the argument list.
>
> No difference between these two there:
>
>     SHELL=cmd.exe /C
>     SHELL:=/cygdrive/c/windows/system32/cmd.exe -- /C
>
> Looks like that might be on the right track, but how do I get arguments
> across verbatim?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Volker
>
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