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

[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 going on in your .bashrc file
on your Digital Unix account.

I would expect everything to work if you eliminate your .bashrc file.
Then you could do a divide-and-conquer (bisection search) to determine what
might be the culprit.

If you have the opportunity, another test would be to try your makefile from
within another account that had no rc files for any shells, other than setting
up paths.

Also, try using printf or /usr/bin/echo instead of the shell's built-in echo
command.

Ted
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