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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 10:44:13 +0200 (CEST)
From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@DE.FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: bin/6550: make(1): shell meta-character optimization incomplete
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>Number:         6550
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       make(1): shell meta-character optimization incomplete
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May  8 01:50:02 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfram Schneider
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386
>Environment:
>Description:

Sometimes make(1) use exec("command") instead sh -c "command"
This fails for shell build-in commands like `exit'.

>How-To-Repeat:

$ cat Makefile
all:
	exit 1


$ make
exit 1
exit: not found
*** Error code 1
 
Stop.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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