On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 7:27 PM Ferenc Valenta <ferenc.vale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Just found a possible issue with Cygwin: > If cygwin is not on the default path, and make is started by specyfing > the path to it (e.g., c:\cygwin64\bin\make), $(MAKE) works in the > top-level makefile, but it does not work in make includes. > To reproduce the issue, use these files: > > makefile: > $(info $(shell $(MAKE) --version)) > include test.mak > > test.mak: > $(info $(shell $(MAKE) --version)) > > Make sure that Cygwin is not on the default path, e.g. type *path ;* to > erase the default path entirely. > Then start make by specifying the path to it: c:\cygwin64\bin\make > > The first $(MAKE) call works, the second one does not. > If make is on the default path, both work. > > Best regards, > > -- > Ferenc Valenta / System Architect / Mentor Graphics Deutschland >
Hi Ferenc, I doubt this should be considered a specific Cygwin bug or a bug at all Marco -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
