Re: [Mingw-users] mingw32-make.exe problem

[Alan J. C. <ajc...@gm...>]

Hi,

> What if you use the MSYS version of make?  Is the VM on the same PC as
> the original?  You haven't given us much to go on.


I tried the MSYS version of make this morning and it worked.

>
> When you installed MSYS you there is now a sh.exe and if mingw32-make
> finds a file of that name it will use that instead of cmd.exe unless
> you state inside of the Makefile ``SHELL = cmd''.
>

stating SHELL=cmd inside of the Makefile made no difference to mingw32-make.

Thanks for your help
Alan J. Caruana