> The question here is: What should the Windows port use as the default
> shell if the Makefile doesn't specify any value for SHELL? The Posix
> version uses /bin/sh as the default, but on Windows this name will not
> work, in general. The current code emulates this Posix feature by
> looking for
> Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 11:45:26 -0400
> From: Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Quoting Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > looking for sh.exe along the PATH, which is quite close. What do you
> > suggest to do instead? use cmd.exe?
> >
>
> If enviroment variable SHELL exists use its v
Quoting Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
looking for sh.exe along the PATH, which is quite close. What do you
suggest to do instead? use cmd.exe?
If enviroment variable SHELL exists use its value otherwise use the
value of COMSPEC unless the makefile sets SHELL explicitly.
Earnie Boyd
