Re: Make on XP - shell selection?

Quoting Yongwei Wu <[email protected]>:

> On 21/10/2007, grischka <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We can initialize SHELL either fixed to COMSPEC, or fixed to "sh",
>> optionally from the environment (SHELL or MAKESHELL), or based on PATH
>> search as currently (which I think is evil, though).
>>
>> As 'default shell' on windows is a political question, I can only
>> vote. I think a good compromise is COMSPEC as default, and MAKESHELL
>> from the environment if set. It means dependency on environment too,
>> but at least if you set it you know you have set it, and it does not
>> change if you change PATH. So there is less surprise.
>
> I like this idea: mysteriously changing the behaviour of a Makefile
> because of a sh.exe somewhere in the path was a surprise to me.  If
> one does want sh, set SHELL or MAKESHELL.  If neither of them is
> present, COMSPEC is a good guess.
>

I agree that COMSPEC is the Windows equivalent to SHELL.  I disagree 
with the introduction of MAKESHELL but do agree that SHELL should have 
precedence over COMSPEC.

Earnie