Re: Per-shell override of path names in make(1)

["Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg%crufty.net@localhost>]

>> > The SHELL make/env variable lets you set the shell make should use for
>> > all its commands.  This can to be a full path.

Actually make should not pay attention to $SHELL at all.
Imagine the hell that would result - trying to write a makefile that
would be usable by more than one person (think [t]csh vs [k]sh).

Here's a useful example of what you can do today without recompiling
anything:

.SHELL: name=sh path=/bin/bash

all:
        @echo "SHELL=$$SHELL BASH=$$BASH_VERSION"

$ make -f ~/tmp/make-tests/shell
SHELL=/bin/ksh BASH=2.05b.0(1)-release
$