Re: w32 gmake: can't echo long strings (fwd)

[Earnie Boyd]

Greg Chicares wrote:
> 
> Ted Phares wrote:
> >
> > Using GNU make version 3.79.1 under win32:
> >
> > I notice that gmake chokes if a rule includes a command that attempts
> > to echo a string > 94 characters long.
> [snip testcase]
> >
> > Is this a known issue?
> 
> It may depend on whatever operating system or
> shell you're using. If you're using cmd.exe or,
> worse, command.com, but are interested in a
> different shell, I've found this one
>   ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/
> to work well with win95 and win2k; there are
> others freely available as well.
> 

The preferred MinGW shell is MSYS see http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml.

> If that idea holds little appeal for you, you
> might try using a standalone 'echo' program
> such as gnu echo, part of the shell utilities.
> You can extract a prebuilt win32 binary here:
> 
>   
> ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/mingw32/porters/Mikey/sh-utils112-ming.tar.bz2
> 

A limited version of ash.

Earnie.