Failure to execute 'csh'-commands from 'make'

[Peter DaSilva]

> [ihnp4!plus5!hokey]
> In article <5433 at fortune.UUCP> olson at fortune.UUCP (Dave olson) writes:
> >If you have one of the 'augmented' versions of make, S3, S5, (not sure
> >how many others...) try setting 'SHELL=/bin/csh'.
> 
> This will, of course, render any bourne shell scripts inoperable, as *all*
> shell scripts will be executed by csh.

This is pure bs. If your login shell is csh, SHELL=/bin/csh. Csh knows about
bourne shell scripts (that begin with anything but a #, or with #!/bin/sh),
and calls the bourne shell to execute them. Legend has it that a certain
individual who is on the net (and will thus remain nameless) once put a # in
front of all the bourne shell scripts on UCBCORY, back when it was "y:". This
DID have the effect you suggest.