Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:10:01 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile config.h job.c main.c Message-ID: <200008170810.e7H8A1E00999@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> of "Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:38:05 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008170036230.97352-100000@green.dyndns.org>
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 04:31:44PM -0700, Brian Feldman wrote:
> > > green 2000/08/16 16:31:44 PDT
> > >
> > > 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 ;)
> >
> > There always was ${SHELL} variable for it present in 'make', isn't ?
>
> To be honest, it really doesn't work right. This does, however :) This
> is a very simple change, anyway; some shells require special handling
> to set up, etc. If you want to make ${SHELL} work better... =)
I don't think the argument here is whether ${SHELL} works right or
not, but rather whether ${SHELL} should have been fixed instead of
confusing things with ${MAKE_SHELL}.
> > --
> > Andrey A. Chernov
> > <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
> > http://ache.pp.ru/
>
> --
> Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! /
> green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------'
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