Re: SHELL command length question

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:26:42 -0400
> From: sandy currier <address@hidden>
> 
> When running the native w32 gmake (3.81beta1), if the SHELL is set to
> cygwin bash, will the native cmd.exe limit of 2047 characters (win2000)
> be imposed, or will the native cygwin bash limit be imposed?

I don't know the answer, but I can tell you how to find the answer:
look at the Make sources in job.c, and find out what Windows system
call is used to launch subsidiary programs.  Then look up that system
call's documentation and find out whether it invokes programs via the
shell or not.

> Also, is there some documentation on how to run the gmake tests on windows?

If you have Perl installed, it should just work!