Using GNU Make 3.81 compiled for Win32, I got this error message when I run Make with the "-n" option : process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed After some investigations, it is linked to a $(shell xxx) command present in my Makefile. Here is a small Makefile that shows the problem : -------- Makefile ---------- SHELL := cmd.exe MY_VAR := $(shell echo hello world) $(info MY_VAR=$(MY_VAR)) .PHONY: all @echo Doing target $@ -------- /Makefile --------- and the corresponding output : C:\my_dir>gnumake MY_VAR=hello world Doing target all C:\my_dir>gnumake -n process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed. MY_VAR= echo Doing target all I had a look at the archive of this list, but could not find any related topic. Any ideas ? For information, my gnumake is a out-of-the-box compilation of make using "build_w32.bat". Regards. Fabrice GIRARDOT Fabrice GIRARDOT <=

Re: process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed , Eli Zaretskii , 2008/03/17

[SOLVED] Re: process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "", ...) failed , Fabrice GIRARDOT , 2008/03/18