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Re: cvs in makefile rule


Heribert Dahms wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> is your /bin/sh ash or bash?
> 

bash.  It's the standard cygnus install.

Mark.

> Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Tigges [SMTP:mtigges@cpsc.ucalgary.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 02:39
> > To:   cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > Subject:      cvs in makefile rule
> >
> > We have a makefile rule which automatically
> > distributes code to a central build/work area
> > for collaborative work.  This rule uses a cvs
> > commit, and then a cvs update in the appropriate
> > directory.
> >
> > The problem is that it doesn't work.  Witness the
> > following interaction:
> >
> > mark@DELL166 ~/work/src/anmNumeric
> > $ cvs commit
> > cvs commit: Examining .
> >
> > mark@DELL166 ~/work/src/anmNumeric
> > $ make dev
> > rm -f lib/Win32/anmNumeric.lib
> > test -d /home/mark/work/include || mkdir /home/mark/work/include
> > cd /home/mark/work/include && rm -f numeric.h linearalgebra.h roots.h
> > boundingre
> > ct.h
> > cvs commit
> > /anm/usr/bin/cvs: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> > make: *** [dev] Error 2
> >
> >
> > For some reason the cvs command works from the console but when
> > make forks the process off it doesn't work.
> >
> > I have absolutely no idea what the "(" referred to is.
> >
> > Does anybody have any clue what's going on here.
> >
> > Mark.
> >
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