Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:34:06 +0100
Using GNU Make 3.81 compiled for Win32, I got this error message
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed
Yes, this is a known bug in Make 3.81. If you can build Make from
sources, please try the following two patches (apply them in order):
2006-05-27 Eli Zaretskii <***@gnu.org>
* function.c (func_shell) [WINDOWS32]: Reset just_print_flag
around the call to construct_command_argv, so that a temporary
batch file _is_ created when needed for $(shell).
--- function.c~0 2006-04-01 12:36:40.000000000 +0300
+++ function.c 2006-05-27 15:58:26.984375000 +0300
@@ -1589,12 +1589,25 @@ func_shell (char *o, char **argv, const
int pid;
#ifndef __MSDOS__
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+ /* Reset just_print_flag. This is needed on Windows when batch files
+ are used to run the commands, because we normally refrain from
+ creating batch files under -n. */
+ int j_p_f = just_print_flag;
+
+ just_print_flag = 0;
+#endif
/* Construct the argument list. */
command_argv = construct_command_argv (argv[0],
(char **) NULL, (struct file *) 0,
&batch_filename);
if (command_argv == 0)
- return o;
+ {
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+ just_print_flag = j_p_f;
+#endif
+ return o;
+ }
#endif
/* Using a target environment for `shell' loses in cases like:
@@ -1622,12 +1635,14 @@ func_shell (char *o, char **argv, const
#ifdef WINDOWS32
windows32_openpipe (pipedes, &pid, command_argv, envp);
+ /* Restore the value of just_print_flag. */
+ just_print_flag = j_p_f;
if (pipedes[0] < 0) {
/* open of the pipe failed, mark as failed execution */
shell_function_completed = -1;
- return o;
+ return o;
} else
#elif defined(__MSDOS__)
2007-07-21 Eli Zaretskii <***@gnu.org>
* function.c (func_shell): Call construct_command_argv with zero
value of FLAGS.
* job.c (construct_command_argv_internal): New argument FLAGS; all
callers changed.
[WINDOWS32]: If FLAGS has the COMMANDS_RECURSE bit set, ignore
just_print_flag.
* job.h (construct_command_argv_internal): Update prototype.
--- job.c~1 2006-08-19 09:25:07.687500000 +0300
+++ job.c 2007-07-21 16:35:37.391750000 +0300
@@ -1018,7 +1018,9 @@
#ifdef VMS
argv = p;
#else
- argv = construct_command_argv (p, &end, child->file, &child->sh_batch_file);
+ argv = construct_command_argv (p, &end, child->file,
+ child->file->cmds->lines_flags[child->command_line - 1],
+ &child->sh_batch_file);
#endif
if (end == NULL)
child->command_ptr = NULL;
@@ -2193,11 +2195,17 @@
If *RESTP is NULL, newlines will be ignored.
SHELL is the shell to use, or nil to use the default shell.
- IFS is the value of $IFS, or nil (meaning the default). */
+ IFS is the value of $IFS, or nil (meaning the default).
+
+ FLAGS is the value of lines_flags for this command line. It is
+ used in the WINDOWS32 port to check whether + or $(MAKE) were found
+ in this command line, in which case the effect of just_print_flag
+ is overridden. */
static char **
construct_command_argv_internal (char *line, char **restp, char *shell,
- char *ifs, char **batch_filename_ptr)
+ char *ifs, int flags,
+ char **batch_filename_ptr)
{
#ifdef __MSDOS__
/* MSDOS supports both the stock DOS shell and ports of Unixy shells.
@@ -2776,7 +2784,7 @@
/* Some shells do not work well when invoked as 'sh -c xxx' to run a
command line (e.g. Cygnus GNUWIN32 sh.exe on WIN32 systems). In these
cases, run commands via a script file. */
- if (just_print_flag) {
+ if (just_print_flag && !(flags & COMMANDS_RECURSE)) {
/* Need to allocate new_argv, although it's unused, because
start_job_command will want to free it and its 0'th element. */
new_argv = (char **) xmalloc(2 * sizeof (char *));
@@ -2820,7 +2828,7 @@
if (unixy_shell)
new_argv = construct_command_argv_internal (new_line, (char **) NULL,
(char *) 0, (char *) 0,
- (char **) 0);
+ flags, (char **) 0);
#ifdef __EMX__
else if (!unixy_shell)
{
@@ -2930,7 +2938,7 @@
char **
construct_command_argv (char *line, char **restp, struct file *file,
- char **batch_filename_ptr)
+ int cmd_flags, char **batch_filename_ptr)
{
char *shell, *ifs;
char **argv;
@@ -3042,7 +3050,8 @@
warn_undefined_variables_flag = save;
}
- argv = construct_command_argv_internal (line, restp, shell, ifs, batch_filename_ptr);
+ argv = construct_command_argv_internal (line, restp, shell, ifs,
+ cmd_flags, batch_filename_ptr);
free (shell);
free (ifs);
--- job.h~1 2006-08-12 15:44:06.875000000 +0300
+++ job.h 2007-07-21 16:21:39.110500000 +0300
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
extern void reap_children PARAMS ((int block, int err));
extern void start_waiting_jobs PARAMS ((void));
-extern char **construct_command_argv PARAMS ((char *line, char **restp, struct file *file, char** batch_file));
+extern char **construct_command_argv PARAMS ((char *line, char **restp, struct file *file, int cmd_flags, char** batch_file));
#ifdef VMS
extern int child_execute_job PARAMS ((char *argv, struct child *child));
#elif defined(__MSDOS__) || defined(__EMX__)
--- function.c~1 2006-05-27 17:37:47.453125000 +0300
+++ function.c 2007-07-21 16:22:48.126125000 +0300
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@
/* Construct the argument list. */
command_argv = construct_command_argv (argv[0],
(char **) NULL, (struct file *) 0,
- &batch_filename);
+ 0, &batch_filename);
if (command_argv == 0)
{
#ifdef WINDOWS32
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@
/* Construct the argument list. */
command_argv = construct_command_argv (argv[0], (char **) NULL,
- (struct file *) 0, &batch_filename);
+ (struct file *) 0, 0, &batch_filename);
if (command_argv == 0)
return o;