Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 22:10:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile config.h job.c main.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008202206450.99305-100000@green.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20000820165946.A91919@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 04:31:44PM -0700, Brian Feldman wrote:
> > Modified files:
> > usr.bin/make Makefile config.h job.c main.c
> > Log:
> > Allow use of the ${MAKE_SHELL} variable to specify alternate shells for
> > make(1) to use. Setting it to "sh" and "ksh" are the only values which
> > work right ATM; I wouldn't expect "csh" to get you far ;)
>
> You had much negative feedback on this. So are you working on a fix that
> will be more acceptable, or are you going to back this out?
It seems to me the discussion is still on about whether we want to support
the ${SHELL} variable or not. If there's a consensus on that, it means
that there will be a well-supported way to default the shell (as in
make.conf.local), so I'll be happy to use that instead.
> --
> -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! /
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