>./patchlist.sh < ./PATCHES > patchlist.c
>echo "MAKE= BUILDLINK_PREFIX.gettext=/usr/pkg
>BUILDLINK_PREFIX.ncurses=/usr/pkg
>cd . \
>  && CONFIG_FILES=Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/ksh ./config.status


>So, we find that MAKE is set to what looks like a partial MAKE_ENV
>rather than to a single program.

Not sure I follow, I couldn't tell from your mail what that echo was doing
but absent any quoting tricks, it may not be anything wrong:


FOO= BAR=FOO env | grep FOO
FOO=
BAR=FOO

--sjg