cond-undef-lint.mk revision 1.1 1 1.1 rillig # $NetBSD: cond-undef-lint.mk,v 1.1 2020/09/14 06:44:50 rillig Exp $
2 1.1 rillig #
3 1.1 rillig # Tests for defined and undefined variables in .if conditions, in lint mode.
4 1.1 rillig #
5 1.1 rillig # As of 2020-09-14, lint mode contains experimental code for printing
6 1.1 rillig # accurate error messages in case of undefined variables, instead of the
7 1.1 rillig # wrong "Malformed condition".
8 1.1 rillig
9 1.1 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -dL
10 1.1 rillig
11 1.1 rillig # DEF is defined, UNDEF is not.
12 1.1 rillig DEF= defined
13 1.1 rillig
14 1.1 rillig # An expression based on a defined variable is fine.
15 1.1 rillig .if !${DEF}
16 1.1 rillig . error
17 1.1 rillig .endif
18 1.1 rillig
19 1.1 rillig # Since the condition fails to evaluate, neither of the branches is taken.
20 1.1 rillig .if ${UNDEF}
21 1.1 rillig . error
22 1.1 rillig .else
23 1.1 rillig . error
24 1.1 rillig .endif
25 1.1 rillig
26 1.1 rillig # The variable name depends on the undefined variable, which is probably a
27 1.1 rillig # mistake. The variable UNDEF, as used here, can be easily turned into
28 1.1 rillig # an expression that is always defined, using the :U modifier.
29 1.1 rillig #
30 1.1 rillig # The outer expression does not generate an error message since there was
31 1.1 rillig # already an error evaluating this variable's name.
32 1.1 rillig #
33 1.1 rillig # TODO: Suppress the error message "Variable VAR. is undefined". That part
34 1.1 rillig # of the expression must not be evaluated at all.
35 1.1 rillig .if ${VAR.${UNDEF}}
36 1.1 rillig . error
37 1.1 rillig .else
38 1.1 rillig . error
39 1.1 rillig .endif
40 1.1 rillig
41 1.1 rillig # The variable VAR.defined is not defined and thus generates an error message.
42 1.1 rillig .if ${VAR.${DEF}}
43 1.1 rillig . error
44 1.1 rillig .else
45 1.1 rillig . error
46 1.1 rillig .endif
47 1.1 rillig
48 1.1 rillig
49 1.1 rillig # Variables that are referenced indirectly may be undefined in a condition.
50 1.1 rillig #
51 1.1 rillig # A practical example for this is CFLAGS, which consists of CWARNS, COPTS
52 1.1 rillig # and a few others. Just because these nested variables are not defined,
53 1.1 rillig # this does not make the condition invalid.
54 1.1 rillig #
55 1.1 rillig # The crucial point is that at the point where the variable appears in the
56 1.1 rillig # condition, there is no way to influence the definedness of the nested
57 1.1 rillig # variables. In particular, there is no modifier that would turn undefined
58 1.1 rillig # nested variables into empty strings, as an equivalent to the :U modifier.
59 1.1 rillig INDIRECT= ${NESTED_UNDEF} ${NESTED_DEF}
60 1.1 rillig NESTED_DEF= nested-defined
61 1.1 rillig
62 1.1 rillig # Since NESTED_UNDEF is not controllable at this point, it must not generate
63 1.1 rillig # an error message. This condition should generate no error message at all.
64 1.1 rillig #
65 1.1 rillig # TODO: Suppress the error message.
66 1.1 rillig .if !${INDIRECT}
67 1.1 rillig . error
68 1.1 rillig .endif
69