From: pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org (Peter J. Farley III)
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Newsgroups: dorsai.test
Subject: Is this error due to make, bash, or me?
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 20:03:32 GMT
Message-ID: <33ee1e3e.8066476@news.dorsai.org>
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I can run the very simple makefile listed below on SunOS Release
4.1.3_U1, but under DJGPP/bash it always fails.  I have listed the
executables and versions I'm running for both bash and for make, then
I cat the makefile and show the results of testing it under
DJGPP/bash.  I have created a sh.exe stub, as suggested in the bash
documantation, so there is a /bin/sh to execute, and it points to
bash.exe.

I also list the results of running the makefile on SunOS for
comparison.

Question: Why do I get "Error -1" when I try to make the target
"cshell" under DJGPP/bash?

TIA for any help or info you can provide.

Peter

--------------- Exe/version info, cat makefile and tests -----------

bash.exe/test$ ls -l /bin/bash*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 dosuser  dos        403968 Jun  7 03:38 /bin/bash.exe
bash.exe/test$
GNU bash, version 1.14.7(2) r3.1 w/multibyte extension
bash.exe/test$ ls -l /bin/make.*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 dosuser  dos        168448 Oct 24  1996 /bin/make.exe
bash.exe/test$ make --v
GNU Make version 3.75, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu>.

bash.exe/test$ cat makefile
echo    :
        echo ${SHELL}
recurs  :
        make cshell SHELL=/bin/sh
cshell  :
        echo ${SHELL}
        if test -f makefile ; then echo cshell ; fi
bash.exe/test$ make
echo /bin/sh
/bin/sh
bash.exe/test$ make cshell
echo /bin/sh
/bin/sh
if test -f makefile ; then echo cshell ; fi
make.exe: *** [cshell] Error -1
bash.exe/test$ make cshell SHELL=/bin/sh
echo /bin/sh
/bin/sh
if test -f makefile ; then echo cshell ; fi
make.exe: *** [cshell] Error -1
bash.exe/test$ make cshell SHELL=/bin/bash
echo /bin/bash
/bin/bash
if test -f makefile ; then echo cshell ; fi
make.exe: *** [cshell] Error -1
bash.exe/test$

----------- SunOS versions and results ----------------------

[amanda]:~/test$
GNU bash, version 1.14.6(1)
[amanda]:~/test$ make --v
GNU Make version 3.72.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[amanda]:~/test$ make
echo /bin/sh
/bin/sh
[amanda]:~/test$ make cshell
echo /bin/sh
/bin/sh
if test -f makefile ; then echo cshell ; fi
cshell
[amanda]:~/test$ make cshell SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash
echo /usr/local/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/bash
if test -f makefile ; then echo cshell ; fi
cshell
[amanda]:~/test$


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Peter J. Farley III (pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org)