%% gustav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: g> There is a bug either in GNU make or in tcsh or in both---on g> Cygwin. The combination of csh and GNU make will hang if SHELL is g> declared as /bin/csh -f.
I don't know what is causing this particular issue. However, I have to strongly recommend that no one should use csh, in any form, as the value for SHELL in a makefile. There are too many odd things about the way csh works that makes it inappropriate for use with make. Primarily the issues involve quoting and multi-line scripting, but there are more subtle issues as well: for example the jobserver feature (not available on the Windows port--yet) does not work with csh, because csh has an annoying habit of closing open file descriptors when it starts up. Really, csh is just broken--and for makefiles even moreso. My HO, of course :-). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
