Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-20 Thread Ted Stern
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Matt Hodges wrote: >> Ted Stern writes: > > > Interesting. For the bash test, try > > > SHELL := /bin/bash --noprofile --norc > > > If that doesn't work, try adding --posix. > > The --norc option makes it work. This should tell you something -- something is

Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-19 Thread Matt Hodges
> Paul D Smith writes: > I can't imagine what the problem might be... certainly bash works > fine for me with GNU make on Linux and Solaris... Something really strange is happening. There seems to be some random variation in the results. For this Makefile: -

Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-19 Thread Matt Hodges
> Ted Stern writes: > Interesting. For the bash test, try > SHELL := /bin/bash --noprofile --norc > If that doesn't work, try adding --posix. The --norc option makes it work. > You might also want to try running the makefile from within a > non-bash interactive shell, e.g. /bi

Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-18 Thread Paul D. Smith
I can't imagine what the problem might be... certainly bash works fine for me with GNU make on Linux and Solaris... -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org

Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-18 Thread Matt Hodges
> Ted Stern writes: > > I'm having problems building a program on Digital UNIX V4.0F, and > > it seems to boil down to the following observed behaviour on this > > platform. The results from issuing `make' with this makefile: > What happens if you specify > SHELL := /bin/ksh OK, h

Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-18 Thread Ted Stern
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Matt Hodges wrote: >> Ted Stern writes: > > > > I'm having problems building a program on Digital UNIX V4.0F, and > > > it seems to boil down to the following observed behaviour on this > > > platform. The results from issuing `make' with this makefile: > > > What hap

Re: Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-18 Thread Ted Stern
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Matt Hodges wrote: > I'm having problems building a program on Digital UNIX V4.0F, and it > seems to boil down to the following observed behaviour on this > platform. The results from issuing `make' with this makefile: What happens if you specify SHELL := /bin/ks

Problem with shell commands on Digital UNIX V4.0F.

2002-12-18 Thread Matt Hodges
I'm having problems building a program on Digital UNIX V4.0F, and it seems to boil down to the following observed behaviour on this platform. The results from issuing `make' with this makefile: -- FUBAR=$(shell echo fubar) all: