From: Laurent.CHARLES@st.com Subject: Re: bash/gmake problem 6 Nov 1997 00:39:56 -0800 Message-ID: References: <199711051735.RAA15601@zaphod.long.harlequin.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="gmake" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: jont@harlequin.co.uk Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >> cd libsrc/somelib/src; $(MAKE) -f somelib.mk $(ACTION) > cd libsrc && cd somelib && cd src && $(MAKE) -f somelib.mk $(ACTION) How'bout $(MAKE) --directory=libsrc/somelib/src $(ACTION) or with '-C' option. As long as you use GNU make --lc ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: bash/gmake problem Author: jont (jont@harlequin.co.uk) at internet Date: 05/11/97 18:35 John Muller writes: > In my makefile I have a statement which looks like: > > cd libsrc/somelib/src; $(MAKE) -f somelib.mk $(ACTION) > > In a dos window or mks korn shell, gmake executes these statements correctly. > However, things fail when gmake is started in a bash shell. The statement > cd libsrc/somelib/src only goes one level deep (ie we are in the libsrc > directory and not libsrc/somlib/src). > > Anybody have any ideas of what is going on? No, but I have found the following idiom to work quite well:- cd libsrc && cd somelib && cd src && $(MAKE) -f somelib.mk $(ACTION) You might even find that cd libsrc/somelib/src && $(MAKE) -f somelib.mk $(ACTION) works. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".