Try this patch. I don't use EMX myself, but I noticed this when reading through the lastest changes, and it seems to fit your bug description.
--- function.c.orig 2013-09-22 07:53:27.000000000 +0200 +++ function.c 2013-09-24 16:21:37.000000000 +0200 @@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ CLOSE_ON_EXEC(pipedes[1]); CLOSE_ON_EXEC(pipedes[0]); /* Never use fork()/exec() here! Use spawn() instead in exec_command() */ - pid = child_execute_job (FD_STDIN, pipedes[1], FD_STDOUT, command_argv, envp); + pid = child_execute_job (FD_STDIN, pipedes[1], FD_STDERR, command_argv, envp); if (pid < 0) perror_with_name (error_prefix, "spawn"); # else /* ! __EMX__ */ _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make