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I ran in to an issue building make as a result of MSYS including the
current directory in the path.  I ended up having to remove the
current directory from the path in order for the make build process to
complete (it kept picking up the make.exe that was being built).  I
seem to remember there being some discussion of this a while back and
I guess the decision was to keep it.  Is there any chance to revisit
this decision since it isn't common with other 'nix platforms I use
(and it problematic in the 'make' build)?

Cheers,

Chris

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Chris Sutcliffe
http://emergedesktop.org
http://www.google.com/profiles/ir0nh34d

Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] MSYS including current directory in path From: Keith Marshall <keithmarshall@us...> - 2012-08-26 14:51 On 26/08/12 15:31, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: > I ran in to an issue building make as a result of MSYS including the > current directory in the path. I ended up having to remove the > current directory from the path in order for the make build process to > complete (it kept picking up the make.exe that was being built). I > seem to remember there being some discussion of this a while back and > I guess the decision was to keep it. Is there any chance to revisit > this decision since it isn't common with other 'nix platforms I use > (and it problematic in the 'make' build)? FWIW, I don't like that configuration either, but I do understand Earnie's rationale for adopting it. I add a hook script, in my local /etc/profile.d, to rewrite PATH *after* /etc/profile has initialised it, to reinitialise it as I prefer. -- Regards, Keith.

Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] MSYS including current directory in path From: Earnie Boyd <earnie@us...> - 2012-08-27 11:46 On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Keith Marshall wrote: > On 26/08/12 15:31, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >> I ran in to an issue building make as a result of MSYS including the >> current directory in the path. I ended up having to remove the >> current directory from the path in order for the make build process to >> complete (it kept picking up the make.exe that was being built). I >> seem to remember there being some discussion of this a while back and >> I guess the decision was to keep it. Is there any chance to revisit >> this decision since it isn't common with other 'nix platforms I use >> (and it problematic in the 'make' build)? > > FWIW, I don't like that configuration either, but I do understand > Earnie's rationale for adopting it. I add a hook script, in my local > /etc/profile.d, to rewrite PATH *after* /etc/profile has initialised > it, to reinitialise it as I prefer. Or you can create a temporary alias while building make to avert the need to use PATH. alias make="/bin/make" -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd

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