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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: "special" shells a headache in make?  (was: security hole)
Message-ID: <1515@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Feb-87 21:11:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 16 21:11:24 1987
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In article <177@quacky.mips.UUCP>, dce@mips.UUCP writes:
>I don't disagree with being ABLE to use a different shell, but I disagree
>with the method that was used to implement it.
>
>As Doug says, it isn't right that I have to edit already-working makefiles
>just because AT&T decides to allow the SHELL variable. Maybe you don't
>have 300-400 makefiles to maintain (I'd bet that Doug has thousands), but
>some of us do, and don't like the idea of having to change every one of
>them just to make them work again (note the operative word is "again").

I do sympathize with you (despite being a hacker from the Death Star :-) ).
But there's an easier "workaround" than modifying zillions of makefiles.
Just create a shell script, shell function, or alias which sets SHELL=/bin/sh
in a subshell, then execs your favorite :-) make program with the proper
arguments.  The function or alias need not be known to the make process itself
since once SHELL is set to /bin/sh in the environment it will propagate
automatically to sub-makes.
-- 
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|            dan levy            |  my own and are not at all those of my em-
|         an engihacker @        |  ployer or the administrator of any computer
| at&t computer systems division |  upon which I may hack.
|        skokie, illinois        |
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