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

[Ted Stern]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Matt Hodges wrote:
>>>>>> Ted Stern writes:
> 
>  > > I'm having problems building a program on Digital UNIX V4.0F, and
>  > > it seems to boil down to the following observed behaviour on this
>  > > platform. The results from issuing `make' with this makefile:
> 
>  > What happens if you specify
> 
>  >      SHELL := /bin/ksh
> 
> OK, here's a chart:
> 
>     +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
>     |Make version   |/bin/sh        |/bin/bash      |/bin/ksh       |
>     +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
>     |3.78.1         |FUBAR = fubar  |FUBAR = fubar  |FUBAR = fubar  |
>     +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
>     |3.79.1         |FUBAR = fubar  |FUBAR = fubar  |FUBAR = fubar  |
>     +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
>     |3.80           |FUBAR = fubar  |FUBAR =        |FUBAR = fubar  |
>     +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
>     |3.81a1         |FUBAR = fubar  |FUBAR =        |FUBAR = fubar  |
>     +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
> 
> This was with bash version 2.03, but there was no difference with the
> latest release, 2.05b.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Interesting.  For the bash test, try

        SHELL := /bin/bash --noprofile --norc

If that doesn't work, try adding --posix.

You might also want to try running the makefile from within a non-bash
interactive shell, e.g. /bin/ksh.

If that isolates the problem, I would recommend that in general you use a
bourne-derived shell that isn't the same as your default interactive shell.

CAVEAT:  I'm just another user, not a maintainer.

Ted
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