On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Bob Billson wrote:
> Someone else may have reported this already. If so, I apologize for the
> repeat.
Nobody has, but it looks truly weird.
> I was trying to compile 3.02 on my Linux (Debian) box. Seems
> bash (v2.02.1(1)-release) choked on a few bits in the top Makefile.
> 'make makefile' gave the following error:
> >>> Creating links to source files...
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `../scripts/Configure-Makefile'
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `cd build-${build:-`/bin/sh scripts/os-type`-`/bin/sh
scripts/arch-type`}; /bin/rm -f Makefile; (HELL) ../scripts/Configure-Makefile'
[I have split that last line to make it more readable.]
The shell is complaining about a command line generated from
makefile: build-directory
@cd build-$(buildname); /bin/rm -f Makefile; \
($SHELL) ../scripts/Configure-Makefile
How has it turned ($SHELL) into (HELL) ? Presumably it was "make" that
did that. You fixed it with
> makefile: build-directory
> @cd build-$(buildname); /bin/rm -f Makefile; \
> - ($SHELL) ../scripts/Configure-Makefile
> + $(SHELL) ../scripts/Configure-Makefile
which just removes a couple of space characters that should be
insignificant in the generated command line.
I think this is a problem in "make", not with the shell.
Anybody else seen this problem?
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