From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:53:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add SHELL = /bin/sh.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_22h~165
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f5f0c17fe9fc1d6a32a13172144863e53f1a30d2;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

Add SHELL = /bin/sh.
---

diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 861ce8e38f..0f4e21c69b 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # It is necessary if you want to build targets usually of interest
 # only to the maintainer.
 
+# Systems where /bin/sh is not the default shell need this.  The $(shell)
+# command below won't work with e.g. stock DOS/Windows shells.
+SHELL = /bin/sh
+
 have-Makefile := $(shell test -f Makefile && echo yes)
 
 # If the user runs GNU make but has not yet run ./configure,