Re: [bug #41246] Allow to switch shell batch mode at runtimeinstead of build time

[Gisle Vanem]

"Paul Smith" <address@hidden> wrote:

> HOWEVER.  I don't know nearly enough about all the variations and
> different possibilities on Windows to make sound judgements on the
> specific situation, so if Eli is OK with it then I'm OK with it.

If it's the value of 'batch_mode_shell' we speak of, it can easily be
changed by the new "load" feature. This diff:

--- Git-Latest/makeint.h     2014-02-09 15:03:22 +0000
+++ makeint.h   2014-03-02 17:10:53 +0000
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
extern int rebuilding_makefiles, one_shell, output_sync, verify_flag;

/* can we run commands via 'sh -c xxx' or must we use batch files? */
-extern int batch_mode_shell;
+extern GMK_EXPORT int batch_mode_shell;

---

and a small mk_test.dll shows it's possible to force this to 1 irrespective of
'BATCH_MODE_ONLY_SHELL' is defined on build time or not. 

With a .def-file there would be no need to patch anything. The OP could
export other stuff and extend gnumake to his liking.

--gv