Re: Make on XP - shell selection?

[Yongwei Wu]

On 21/10/2007, grischka <address@hidden> wrote:
> We can initialize SHELL either fixed to COMSPEC, or fixed to "sh",
> optionally from the environment (SHELL or MAKESHELL), or based on PATH
> search as currently (which I think is evil, though).
>
> As 'default shell' on windows is a political question, I can only
> vote. I think a good compromise is COMSPEC as default, and MAKESHELL
> from the environment if set. It means dependency on environment too,
> but at least if you set it you know you have set it, and it does not
> change if you change PATH. So there is less surprise.

I like this idea: mysteriously changing the behaviour of a Makefile
because of a sh.exe somewhere in the path was a surprise to me.  If
one does want sh, set SHELL or MAKESHELL.  If neither of them is
present, COMSPEC is a good guess.

Best regards,

Yongwei

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