Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:16:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP Make v3.77 recursion bug test case
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:

> GNU make has a special case internally to revert the current directory
> upon exit when you use the -C option.
 
Actually, the DJGPP port of GNU Make arranges to return to the
original directory even if you don't use -C.  But in this case, the
original directory where Make was invoked is the one *after* the chdir
command, so it ``returns'' to the same place.

What Dan seemed to expect was that Make would restore the original
directory *after each command* it runs.  This is not done on purpose
(as I explain in my other message), but if you force Make to invoke
Bash where a shell functionality is required, Bash will do that for
you.