The "make" command and file handle problem

[Andrew Chang]

On cygwin1.3.12-1, I am running a multi-level makefile.
For some reason the top level make seems corrupt the file handle
of the its sub-process. (redirected i/o no longer works in the sub-process).
Note that my top level makefile is a very complex makefile, it probably
works fine if you have a simple makefile.
Fortunately, I stumble across a workaround; It turns out if you spawn 
the lower level make via the DOS shell, the problem goes away.

e.g.

low_level_target:
	cd sub_dir && cmd /c make low_level_stuff;


Hope this will save someone sometime...
If anyone have some insight into what might have caused this, pls drop
us a note...


thanks

Andrew Chang

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/