Why does emake fail with "sh xxx" command not found on Windows?
I have a command in one of my make files that looks like `$(shell cd)` and the command fails with command not found when emake is running the build on Windows. Why is this happening?
Best Answer
As you noticed, the default command shell with any GNU make emulation mode is "sh". You can override that by setting `SHELL=cmd.exe` in your makefile, but that has some other behavioral effects, like emake will no longer use short-circuit execution for commands that don't require a shell. A better solution may be to use emake's `--win32` command-line option, which instructs emake to use cmd.exe as the default shell. Another advantage of that approach is that you don't need to modify the makefiles.
The default command shell under GNU make is "sh". The way to correct this is to include a variable SHELL in your makefile and set it to "cmd.exe".
