NetBSD/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varmod.mk
rillig 173d4ecff3 make(1): in lint mode, complain about erroneous $$
Since 2008-12-21, make has silently ignored strange variable names in
constructs like '$$', '$}', '$' followed by nothing.  Ignoring these
bugs in makefiles instead of reporting them is not a good idea.

To improve the situation, make complains about these errors now, but
only in lint mode (-dL).  This preserves existing behavior while still
allowing to validate existing makefiles that they don't depend on this
bug.

If the test phase goes well, these error messages may be enabled
unconditionally.

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2020/09/12/msg032229.html
2020-09-13 07:42:20 +00:00

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# $NetBSD: varmod.mk,v 1.3 2020/09/13 07:42:20 rillig Exp $
#
# Tests for variable modifiers, such as :Q, :S,from,to or :Ufallback.
DOLLAR1= $$
DOLLAR2= ${:U\$}
# To get a single '$' sign in the value of a variable expression, it has to
# be written as '$$' in a literal variable value.
#
# See Var_Parse, where it calls Var_Subst.
.if ${DOLLAR1} != "\$"
. error
.endif
# Another way to get a single '$' sign is to use the :U modifier. In the
# argument of that modifier, a '$' is escaped using the backslash instead.
#
# See Var_Parse, where it calls Var_Subst.
.if ${DOLLAR2} != "\$"
. error
.endif
# It is also possible to use the :U modifier directly in the expression.
#
# See Var_Parse, where it calls Var_Subst.
.if ${:U\$} != "\$"
. error
.endif
# XXX: As of 2020-09-13, it is not possible to use '$$' in a variable name
# to mean a single '$'. This contradicts the manual page, which says that
# '$' can be escaped as '$$'.
.if ${$$:L} != ""
. error
.endif
# In lint mode, make prints helpful error messages.
# For compatibility, make does not print these error messages in normal mode.
# Should it?
.MAKEFLAGS: -dL
.if ${$$:L} != ""
. error
.endif
# A '$' followed by nothing is an error as well.
.if ${:Uword:@word@${word}$@} != "word"
. error
.endif
all: # nothing