Description Ed Warnicke 2005-04-05 14:18:16 EDT

Make allows you to specify which shell is used to execute the scriptlets it 
uses to perform tasks.  By specifying a custom psuedo shell that just takes the 
commands and passes them through to a real shell accurate information about the 
build process can be gleaned, even in instances with -j flags greater than 1. 
 
This method also improves correctness as make does not necessarily echo the 
output of every build operation to stdout (there are mechanisms that are used 
in the wild that suppress such output selectively).