Re: make-trouble from a newb: To hell with shell

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:33:27 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> So, make has a "fast path" and a "slow path".  It will examine your
> recipe line and if there are any characters in it which are deemed
> "special" (that is, seem to require a full shell to resolve, such as
> shell variables or multiple commands or whatever), then make uses the
> "slow path", which invokes a real shell and passes the command line to
> it.

Right, and in the case in point, the offending feature is redirection.