Re: make-trouble from a newb: To hell with shell

2008-07-04 Thread Uffze
Hi Paul, thanks for your answer - I get the idea now. In that case I better focus on how to set up shell properly. > can't say why the shell isn't found or how to resolve that problem, The shell itself can be found, but the sh.exe uses different and linuxy paths(/bin, etc.) than windows. ...I

RE: make-trouble from a newb: To hell with shell

2008-07-04 Thread Dave Korn
Paul Smith wrote on 03 July 2008 17:33: > On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:05 -0700, Uffze wrote: >> I don't have a clue why on some lines make starts the tools directly >> (so they work), while on other lines the tools are started via the gnu >> shell (which uses different paths than window and results i

Re: make-trouble from a newb: To hell with shell

2008-07-04 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> From: Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:33:27 -0400 > Cc: Make-w32@gnu.org > > So, make has a "fast path" and a "slow path". It will examine your > recipe line and if there are any characters in it which are deemed > "special" (that is, seem to require a full shell to r

Re: make-trouble from a newb: To hell with shell

2008-07-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 08:05 -0700, Uffze wrote: > I don't have a clue why on some lines make starts the tools directly > (so they work), while on other lines the tools are started via the gnu > shell (which uses different paths than window and results in the fact > that they can't be found). I can

make-trouble from a newb: To hell with shell

2008-07-03 Thread Uffze
Hi, first of all: I am quite new to make, so please be patient. I am trying to port an existing gnu makefile from avr to dspic. I am using make (v 3.81, native w32 application; i am not using cygwin) from the Windows distribution of avr-gcc (WinAVR). make starts the compiler and linker without a