Re: [Mingw-users] size of mingw files..

[Greg C. <chi...@mi...>]

Tom Welsh wrote:
> 
> The other problem im having is with the make program included with
> mingw gcc.

Are you running it under cygwin bash, or command.com?
I think cygwin includes its own make.

> It doesnt work correctly with shell commands in my
> makefile.  For example, when I try to remove a file, I get:
> 
> d:/cygwin/usr/bin/rm -f libespws.a
> process_begin: CreateProcess((null), d:/cygwin/usr/bin/rm -f libespws.a,
> ...) failed.
> 
> Also, I must specify the full path of the command for it to find
> include/lib directories (ie -IC:/cygwin/usr/include rather than just
> -I/usr/include).  But I do have the environmenal variable MAKE_MODE=unix
> set...

Does the exact rm command you're using work from the command prompt?

I can't find MAKE_MODE in the make manual here:
  http://www.gnu.org/manual/make-3.79.1/html_mono/make.html
Is it a cygnus extension?