cond-undef-lint.mk revision 1.2 1 # $NetBSD: cond-undef-lint.mk,v 1.2 2020/09/14 07:13:29 rillig Exp $
2 #
3 # Tests for defined and undefined variables in .if conditions, in lint mode.
4 #
5 # As of 2020-09-14, lint mode contains experimental code for printing
6 # accurate error messages in case of undefined variables, instead of the
7 # wrong "Malformed condition".
8 #
9 # See also:
10 # opt-debug-lint.mk
11
12 .MAKEFLAGS: -dL
13
14 # DEF is defined, UNDEF is not.
15 DEF= defined
16
17 # An expression based on a defined variable is fine.
18 .if !${DEF}
19 . error
20 .endif
21
22 # Since the condition fails to evaluate, neither of the branches is taken.
23 .if ${UNDEF}
24 . error
25 .else
26 . error
27 .endif
28
29 # The variable name depends on the undefined variable, which is probably a
30 # mistake. The variable UNDEF, as used here, can be easily turned into
31 # an expression that is always defined, using the :U modifier.
32 #
33 # The outer expression does not generate an error message since there was
34 # already an error evaluating this variable's name.
35 #
36 # TODO: Suppress the error message "Variable VAR. is undefined". That part
37 # of the expression must not be evaluated at all.
38 .if ${VAR.${UNDEF}}
39 . error
40 .else
41 . error
42 .endif
43
44 # The variable VAR.defined is not defined and thus generates an error message.
45 .if ${VAR.${DEF}}
46 . error
47 .else
48 . error
49 .endif
50
51
52 # Variables that are referenced indirectly may be undefined in a condition.
53 #
54 # A practical example for this is CFLAGS, which consists of CWARNS, COPTS
55 # and a few others. Just because these nested variables are not defined,
56 # this does not make the condition invalid.
57 #
58 # The crucial point is that at the point where the variable appears in the
59 # condition, there is no way to influence the definedness of the nested
60 # variables. In particular, there is no modifier that would turn undefined
61 # nested variables into empty strings, as an equivalent to the :U modifier.
62 INDIRECT= ${NESTED_UNDEF} ${NESTED_DEF}
63 NESTED_DEF= nested-defined
64
65 # Since NESTED_UNDEF is not controllable at this point, it must not generate
66 # an error message, and it doesn't do so, since 2020-09-14.
67 .if !${INDIRECT}
68 . error
69 .endif
70