Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:57:57 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robin Crampton <robinc AT bacg DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Make strangeness
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Robin Crampton wrote:

> cd . && CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h /bin/sh ./config.status
> make.exe: *** [stamp-h] Error -1

Please post the Makefile, or at least the part thereof which includes the 
above command.

> Hmm, works okay from the command line.
> BTW, I've got SHELL=c:/djgpp/bin/bash.exe, and have also installed a   
> /bin/sh (for configure).

Exactly how did you ``install /bin/sh'?

> Any ideas?  I'm still looking into it but I'd be grateful for any help.

Please try to understand which part of the command doesn't work.  Is it 
the `cd' command, the setting of CONFIG_FILES or the /bin/sh command?

> PS  set | less doesn't seem to work.  Hmmm.  

From the COMMAND.COM prompt?  It certainly works for me.  What are the 
problems that you see?