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Re: SHELL
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: SHELL |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:12:49 +0300 |
> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 15:24:13 +0200
> From: Ashley Holland <address@hidden>
>
> SHELL = /bin/sh
>
> all:
> @echo $(SHELL)
>
>
> and the echo only works if I DONT have an sh.exe somewhere in my PATH,
> which is not what I expected.
>
> I get the error
>
> mingw32-make.exe all
> process_begin: CreateProcess((null), echo C:/mingw/bin/sh.exe, ...) failed.
> make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> mingw32-make.exe: *** [all] Error 2
>
> If sh.exe is in C:/mingw/bin/sh.exe.
>
>
> Can anyone help explain this?
Do you have echo.exe somewhere on your PATH? If not, install it
(e.g., from the ported Coreutils), and the problem will go away.
See my other message for a possible explanation to this (IMHO)
misfeature.
- SHELL, Ashley Holland, 2005/06/03
- Re: SHELL,
Eli Zaretskii <=