bugmake - Bugs: bug #31490, run_make_tests.pl fails on Windows

 
 

bug #31490: run_make_tests.pl fails on Windows

Submitted by:  Garen Parham <garen>
Submitted on:  Thu 28 Oct 2010 11:59:16 PM UTC  
 
Severity: 3 - NormalItem Group: Build/Install
Status: Wont FixPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed
Component Version: 3.82Operating System: MS Windows
Fixed Release: NoneTriage Status: None

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Sun 31 Oct 2010 10:29:40 PM UTC, comment #2:

Should the text in tests/README be updated then? I was just following the instructions, as it says:

To run the test suite on Windows NT or DOS systems, use
"perl.exe ./run_make-tests.pl".

Garen Parham <garen>
Fri 29 Oct 2010 08:01:12 AM UTC, comment #1:

You need a Unixy shell (sh.exe) somewhere on your PATH to make the test suite work.

I'm closing the bug.

Eli Zaretskii <eliz>
Project Member
Thu 28 Oct 2010 11:59:16 PM UTC, original submission:

On Windows XP 32-bit:

C:\tempdev\make-cvs\tests>C:\Perl\sp\perl\bin\perl.exe run_make_tests.pl
'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
FATAL ERROR: Cannot determine the value of $(MAKE):

'echo "all:;@echo \$(MAKE)" | make -f-' failed!

Garen Parham <garen>

 

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