Steph Fox: > Hi Hector, > > > I can confirm that nmake v6 from VS C/C++ 6.00 did not exhibit the > > problem. However nnake (v8) from VS 2005 does exhibit the problem. > > Richard was using nmake v9 (VS 2008). > > > > The problem begins with having /cygwin/bin folder in the PATH statement > > and RMDIR.EXE found in this folder by nmake (v8, v9). > > That would explain why I thought it was something in his setup :) thank you > for clearing up the mystery. > > I committed Richard's changes in 5_3 branch (only, for now) yesterday. > Wietse may well be correct about the explicit cmd /c being more robust, but > posted after that commit.
I am right :-) Plus, Richard improved my suggestion in private email to: $(COMSPEC) /c This would be robust against changes in future Windows versions (command.com -> cmd.exe -> whatever). Wietse -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php