Re: (no subject)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Scott Merz" <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:22:34 -0700
> 
> I recently developed a set of tools and makefiles for compiling our embedded
> code with a GNU GCC cross compiler. So far, everyone who has been using it
> have had no problems other than the standard issues everyone has when using
> new and relatively untested software. Today one of our developers came in
> and tried to get the latest version of the source code and compile it using
> the makefile and tools I developed. From what we can tell, he didn't have
> any sorts of huge modifications to his OS (Windows XP Pro) or his command
> line and PATH. However, when we invoke the makefile, for all built-in
> command line commands (echo, cls, etc.), the following error pops up
> 
> process_begin: CreateProcess(cls, null) failed 
> 
> something along the lines of this...the environment will NOT allow any built
> in commands to run

My first suspicion would be that Make cannot figure out what shell to
invoke for those built-in commands.

Can you post the entire Makefile, not just its fragment?  Better yet,
can you craft a short Makefile that exibits the same problem on that
specific machine, and post only that short Makefile?