[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-1671563 ] Problem with make and sh when invoking sub-makes

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Bugs item #1671563, was opened at 2007-03-01 10:23
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Category: msys
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: jdrasch (jdrasch)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: Problem with make and sh when invoking sub-makes

Initial Comment:
I encounter a problem that is due to the fact that all expressions starting with a "/" are
interpreted as path values by the shell. (launched by make)
All path values are converted to windows style paths containing "\" afterwards.

Example Makefile: 
test: 
@echo building $@ ;\ 
echo 1. OTHER_OBJ="$(OTHER_OBJ)" ;\ 
$(MAKE) --no-print-directory test2 
 
test2: 
@echo building $@;\ 
echo 2. OTHER_OBJ="$(OTHER_OBJ)";\ 
$(MAKE) --no-print-directory test3 
 
test3: 
@echo building $@;\ 
echo 3. OTHER_OBJ="$(OTHER_OBJ)" 
 
Output: 
c:/tmp/mktest> make OTHER_OBJ="c:/tmp/z.z" 
building test 
1. OTHER_OBJ=c:/tmp/z.z 
building test2 
2. OTHER_OBJ=c:/tmp/z.z 
building test3 
3. OTHER_OBJ=c;c:tmpz.z 
 
If you then create a rule using the macro OTHER_OBJ make will fail. 



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