FWD: [patch #3678] make -j unnecessarily requires an Unix shell

[Paul D. Smith]

Can someone review this patch for correctness for me?  Thanks!


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> [patch #3678] make -j unnecessarily requires an Unix shell
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> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:23:35 +0000
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>                  Summary: make -j unnecessarily requires an Unix shell
>                  Project: make
>             Submitted by: None
>             Submitted on: lun 24/01/2005 presso 15:23
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>                 Priority: 5 - Normal
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>         Originator Email: address@hidden
>              Open/Closed: Open
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> make -j currently requires a Bourne shell on Windows. This isn't actually
> necessary, and it appears to be caused by ignorance of the enhancemente of
> the Windows command prompt on its ancestor, the DOS prompt. The attached
> patch (targetting mingw32-make-3.80.0-3) fixes this
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> Date: lun 24/01/2005 presso 15:23  Name: make-w32jobs.patch  Size: 1,83KB  
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