Re: not a bug but some strange behaviour

[jean-luc malet]

in the bat file you have to do
call path\to\the\real\make.exe %*
you might also want to use the -f option of make to have it using the
right makefile
JLM

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Martin Dorey <address@hidden> wrote:
>> $make.bat test3
>
>> <empty line>
>
>
>
> Interestingly, I failed to reproduce your problem:
>
>
>
> $ ./make.bat test3
>
>
>
> C:\Documents and
> Settings\martind\playpen\jlm-2009-11-30>C:\cygwin-1.5\bin\make test3
>
> printf "${ENV_VAR1}\n"
>
> fromtheenv
>
> $
>
>
>
> I tried with Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7.  Here's more information about the 1.5
> versions:
>
>
>
> $ uname -a
>
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 vm-martind 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
>
> $ bash --version
>
> GNU bash, version 3.2.49(22)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
>
> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> $ make --version
>
> GNU Make 3.81
>
> Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
>
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
>
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
>
>
> This program built for i686-pc-cygwin
>
> $
>
>
>
> The exact test case I used wasn't quite the same as you gave:
>
>
>
> $ cat make.bat
>
> C:\cygwin-1.5\bin\make %*
>
> $ cat Makefile
>
>
>
> export TEST_FLAG=test
>
> SHELL=/bin/bash
>
>
>
> test :
>
>         printf "$${TEST_FLAG}\n"
>
>
>
> test2 :
>
>         printf "${TEST_FLAG}\n"
>
>
>
> test3 :
>
>         printf "$${ENV_VAR1}\n"
>
>
>
> test4 :
>
>         printf "${ENV_VAR1}\n"
>
>
>
> test5 :
>
>         ENV_VAR1=${ENV_VAR1}; /bin/bash somescriptthatdoprintfenv_var1
>
>
>
>
>
> $
>
>
>
> If I had make.bat run "make", then it ended up invoking itself.  My bat-fu
> is weak:
>
>
>
> $ cat make.bat
>
> set PATH=C:\cygwin-1.5\bin;%PATH%
>
> make %*
>
> $
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jean-luc malet [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 14:27
> To: Martin Dorey
> Cc: bug-make
> Subject: Re: not a bug but some strange behaviour
>
>
>
> $cat make.bat
>
> set PATH=cygwin_Path;oldPath
>
> make %*
>
>
>
> $ cat /tmp/Makefile
>
>
>
> export TEST_FLAG=test
>
> SHELL=/bin/bash
>
>
>
> test :
>
> <tab> printf "$${TEST_FLAG}\n"
>
>
>
> test2 :
>
> <tab> printf "${TEST_FLAG}\n"
>
>
>
> test3 :
>
> <tab> printf "$${ENV_VAR1}\n"
>
>
>
> test4 :
>
> <tab> printf "${ENV_VAR1}\n"
>
>
>
> test5 :
>
> <tab> ENV_VAR1=${ENV_VAR1}; /bin/bash somescriptthatdoprintfenv_var1
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> $ export ENV_VAR1=fromtheenv
>
> ----- cygwin env (make is called throught a .bat file) -----
>
> $ make.bat test
>
> <empty line>
>
> $ make.bat test2
>
> test
>
> $make.bat test3
>
> <empty line>
>
> $make.bat test4
>
> fromtheenv
>
> $make.bat test5
>
> fromtheenv
>
>
>
> ------ from an interactive shell, cygwin env ----
>
> $make test
>
> test
>
> $make test2
>
> test
>
> $make test3
>
> fromtheenv
>
> $make test4
>
> fromtheenv
>
> $make test5
>
> fromtheenv
>
>
>
> ------- linux ------
>
> always working
>
>
>
> to make it short : if you call the subshell by setting the env
>
> variable on the same line it will ever work
>
> if you try to access some env variable in the makefile it always work
>
> if you try to use the env variable into one of the command it fails
>
> depending on the context.....
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> JLM
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Martin Dorey <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Can you contrive a simple test case - something that you can post here in
>> its entirety to help someone reproduce the problem?
>
>>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>
>> From: address@hidden
>> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of jean-luc
>> malet
>
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:27
>
>> To: bug-make
>
>> Subject: not a bug but some strange behaviour
>
>>
>
>> Hi!
>
>> I have a cygwin environment in which I've written a makefile, in this
>
>> environment it's working fine
>
>> I want to make it available to other dos user, so I've written a bat
>
>> file that set the cygwin path and call make,
>
>> in the doc env when I do
>
>> echo %somevar%
>
>> I see the correct result
>
>> however in commands launched by make (shell scripts) the ${somevar}
>
>> expand to nothing... as if make was stripping the env....
>
>> any idea?
>
>> thanks
>
>> JLM
>
>>
>
>> --
>
>> KISS! (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
>
>> (garde le simple, imbécile!)
>
>> "mais qu'est-ce que tu m'as pondu comme usine à gaz? fait des choses
>
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>
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>> "Si vous pensez que vous êtes trop petit pour changer quoique ce soit,
>
>> essayez donc de dormir avec un moustique dans votre chambre." Betty
>
>> Reese
>
>> http://www.grainesdechangement.com/citations.htm
>
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> --
>
> KISS! (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
>
> (garde le simple, imbécile!)
>
> "mais qu'est-ce que tu m'as pondu comme usine à gaz? fait des choses
>
> simples et qui marchent, espèce d'imbécile!"
>
> -----------------------------
>
> "Si vous pensez que vous êtes trop petit pour changer quoique ce soit,
>
> essayez donc de dormir avec un moustique dans votre chambre." Betty
>
> Reese
>
> http://www.grainesdechangement.com/citations.htm



-- 
KISS! (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
(garde le simple, imbécile!)
"mais qu'est-ce que tu m'as pondu comme usine à gaz? fait des choses
simples et qui marchent, espèce d'imbécile!"
-----------------------------
"Si vous pensez que vous êtes trop petit pour changer quoique ce soit,
essayez donc de dormir avec un moustique dans votre chambre." Betty
Reese
http://www.grainesdechangement.com/citations.htm