Re: pipe read hang on Win 2000

[J . B .]

Thanks for the reply, Rob.  One thing you didn't do (or at least your output 
doesn't show it) that I mentioned in my original message is to nest this 
makefile 5 or 6 directories deep and recursively call it from the top level.  
If you do that, I think you'll get the hang.  I noticed that you removed the 
line that says "cd testdir2 && $(MAKE)".  You'll need to put that in and 
recursively call this makefile about 5 levels deep.  I've also attached a 
zipfile with a directory structure and makefiles to reproduce the problem.  
Just unzip the file, preserving the directory structure then run make from the 
top level directory.  

Thanks,

JB

>Well, I am using an older version of GNU make and we >have our own port
>of GNU bash. I don't see any hang. I will try again >with cmd.exe to see if I 
>can
>make this happen.

>Rob


> C:/temp> cat mkf
>
> CWD:=$(shell pwd)
> PKGDIR = $(shell echo this.is.a.test | sed 's:\.:/:g')
>
> all:
>         echo $(PKGDIR)
> C:/temp> make -f mkf
> echo this/is/a/test
> this/is/a/test
> C:/temp> uname -a
> Windows_NT TULLOHR 5.0 2195+Service_Pack_2 Pentium_Pro
> C:/temp> make -v
> GNU Make version 3.78.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
> Built for Windows32
> Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
>         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
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>