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	Hans-Bernhard Broeker on 26 May 2000 11:31:03 GMT)
Subject: Re: make & makefile trouble
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> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 26 May 2000 11:31:03 GMT
>
> > - or does an echo-command don't work anyhow with a long text line
> 
> 'echo' behaves differently depending on the 'SHELL' variable. With
> DJGPP Bash as the SHELL, it can handle over-long command lines. With
> command.com, it is limited by what the 'echo' builting of command.com
> can handle.

If you have GNU Sh-utils installed, Make will always invoke echo.exe
from there before falling back on the shell, even if COMMAND.COM is
the current shell.  And echo.exe, being a DJGPP program, has no
problem getting long commands from Make.