Re: Handling of shell builtins in make(1)

From: Peter Jeremy (PeterJeremy_at_optushome.com.au)
Date: 05/24/05

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    Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:32:38 +1000
To: Harti Brandt <harti@freebsd.org>

    On Mon, 2005-May-23 20:50:40 -0600, Scott Long wrote:
    >Harti Brandt wrote:
    >>The result of this is that for one and the same command you can get
    >>different behaviour whether you execute it via make(1) or via sh -c '...'.

    Not to mention the effect of IFS. Does POSIX provide any helpful
    suggestions on how to efficiently implement the behaviour they specify?

    >4. Separate /bin/sh into a front end and back end (libsh) and include
    >libsh into make.

    And this still won't help people who use .SHELL (or similar) to pick
    a different shell.

    5) Add a "POSIX_ME_HARDER" option that just invokes the shell on every
       command. In the absence of this option, make(1) is free to directly
       exec the command if it's simple enough.

    6) Add two new magic line markers (to supplement '@', '+' and '-') to
       require the line be executed using the shell or exec'd directly,
       superceding the buildin rules. 

    -- 
Peter Jeremy
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