On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Tobias Manthey wrote: > Hi guys, > > I wasted many hours just to find out that make 3.81 does not support MS-DOS > path names. As cygwin is supposed to be the unix-like environment for > Windows, from a dumb users perspective, this is not the expected behavior. > > In other words it means the make for Windows lacks support for Windows path > names.
I'm afraid you misunderstand. Cygwin's make is not a "make for Windows". It is a make for "the unix-like environment for Windows", which uses POSIX paths. If you want a make for Windows, try MinGW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/make/ Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
