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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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