make: python: Command not found - cygwin - windows

[lance@…]

While working to setup the development/test environment in Windows using cygwin, the Makefile sets the path separator incorrectly which results in "make: python: Command not found".

The relevant lines from the Makefile are:

ifeq "$(OS)" "Windows_NT"
    SEP = ;
else
    SEP = :
endif

Under windows (Vista x64 at least) the value of $(OS) evaluates to "Windows_NT"; however, ";" is not a valid path separator for cygwin.

If you comment out the lines like the following, it will work:

#ifeq "$(OS)" "Windows_NT"
#    SEP = ;
#else
    SEP = :
#endif

[anonymous]

I am not sure how to "fix" this, but I can do some research and provide a patch once I get the environment up and running.

[Christian Boos]

SEP needs to be ";" when used in the PYTHONPATH, unless maybe for the cygwin port of Python, but that version is untested, AFAIK.

However, I used that for PATH as well, and as you said, this is wrong for cygwin make (I used the MSVC build of Make, which appears to support both separators in this specific case).

[Christian Boos]

I believe this is fixed in r8258 / r8259, but don't hesitate to reopen if there are still problems with this.