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Re: FAQ about make


On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 11:03:36AM +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>On Thursday 2 Nov 00, Schaible, Joerg writes:
>> > Chris will have to clarify this for me.  Is the distinction between
>> > the net release and Redhat's commercial release made only in the
>> > setting of MAKE_MODE in /etc/profile or cygwin.bat?  I assumed it was
>> > in the version of make that shipped.
>> 
>> AFAIK the cygwin.bat is in both versions the same (uups, it has no MAKE_MODE
>> entry, i.e. win32 *is* the default for make). Just DJ's setup changes the
>> environment setting for MAKE_MODE to unix in /etc/profile.
>
>I thought make had been changed for the net release to run in UNIX
>mode by default.  The MAKE_MODE=UNIX in /etc/profile is superfluous.

It has been changed.  Your description is correct.  I don't think that
you should be discussing where environment variables are set in the FAQ
entry.  IMO, your entry is perfect as is.

cgf

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