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> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:43:14 +0100
> 
> Would it be possible to allow compilation start to not use a shell?
> 
> With some programs it is quite hard to use a shell, at least on w32.

Please describe this problem in more detail, and please give a couple
of examples.

Not using a shell is one possible solution, but it's hard to reason
about its merits and demerits without knowing more about the
problem(s) you are trying to solve.