Forking off different shells from Make is a bad idea
John M Sellens
jmsellens at watmath.UUCP
Mon Aug 19 16:06:12 AEST 1985
Especially if you use csh without -f. Obviously, the next person to try
to use your makefile will run both a different shell and a different set
of aliases. It is folly to have something for which the same command
given by 2 different people (which is very often the case with Make)
will have different (and unpredictable) results.
John
p.s. But then, folly is what UNIX commands are based on, right?
More information about the Comp.unix
mailing list