var-scope-local.mk revision 1.6 1 1.6 rillig # $NetBSD: var-scope-local.mk,v 1.6 2023/04/28 13:09:48 rillig Exp $
2 1.1 rillig #
3 1.3 rillig # Tests for target-local variables, such as ${.TARGET} or $@. These variables
4 1.3 rillig # are relatively short-lived as they are created just before making the
5 1.3 rillig # target. In contrast, global variables are typically created when the
6 1.3 rillig # makefiles are read in.
7 1.3 rillig #
8 1.3 rillig # The 7 built-in target-local variables are listed in the manual page. They
9 1.3 rillig # are defined just before the target is actually made. Additional
10 1.3 rillig # target-local variables can be defined in dependency lines like
11 1.3 rillig # 'target: VAR=value', one at a time.
12 1.3 rillig
13 1.3 rillig .MAIN: all
14 1.3 rillig
15 1.6 rillig # Target-local variables in a target rule
16 1.6 rillig all: target-rule.ext dir/subdir/target-rule.ext
17 1.6 rillig target-rule.ext dir/subdir/target-rule.ext: .PHONY
18 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: @ = <${@:Uundefined}>'
19 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: % = <${%:Uundefined}>'
20 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: ? = <${?:Uundefined}>'
21 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: < = <${<:Uundefined}>'
22 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: * = <${*:Uundefined}>'
23 1.6 rillig
24 1.6 rillig .SUFFIXES: .ir-gen-from .ir-from .ir-to
25 1.6 rillig .ir-from.ir-to:
26 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: @ = <${@:Uundefined}>'
27 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: % = <${%:Uundefined}>'
28 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: ? = <${?:Uundefined}>'
29 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: < = <${<:Uundefined}>'
30 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: * = <${*:Uundefined}>'
31 1.6 rillig .ir-gen-from.ir-from:
32 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: @ = <${@:Uundefined}>'
33 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: % = <${%:Uundefined}>'
34 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: ? = <${?:Uundefined}>'
35 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: < = <${<:Uundefined}>'
36 1.6 rillig @echo '$@: * = <${*:Uundefined}>'
37 1.6 rillig
38 1.6 rillig # Target-local variables in an inference rule
39 1.6 rillig all: inference-rule.ir-to dir/subdir/inference-rule.ir-to
40 1.6 rillig inference-rule.ir-from: .PHONY
41 1.6 rillig dir/subdir/inference-rule.ir-from: .PHONY
42 1.6 rillig
43 1.6 rillig # Target-local variables in a chain of inference rules
44 1.6 rillig all: inference-rule-chain.ir-to dir/subdir/inference-rule-chain.ir-to
45 1.6 rillig inference-rule-chain.ir-gen-from: .PHONY
46 1.6 rillig dir/subdir/inference-rule-chain.ir-gen-from: .PHONY
47 1.6 rillig
48 1.6 rillig
49 1.6 rillig # Deferred evaluation during parsing
50 1.6 rillig #
51 1.3 rillig # The target-local variables can be used in expressions, just like other
52 1.3 rillig # variables. When these expressions are evaluated outside of a target, these
53 1.3 rillig # expressions are not yet expanded, instead their text is preserved, to allow
54 1.3 rillig # these expressions to expand right in time when the target-local variables
55 1.3 rillig # are actually set.
56 1.3 rillig #
57 1.5 rillig # Conditions from .if directives are evaluated in the scope of the command
58 1.3 rillig # line, which means that variables from the command line, from the global
59 1.6 rillig # scope and from the environment are resolved, in this precedence order (but
60 1.6 rillig # see the command line option '-e'). In that phase, expressions involving
61 1.3 rillig # target-local variables need to be preserved, including the exact names of
62 1.3 rillig # the variables.
63 1.3 rillig #
64 1.3 rillig # Each of the built-in target-local variables has two equivalent names, for
65 1.3 rillig # example '@' is equivalent to '.TARGET'. The implementation might
66 1.1 rillig # canonicalize these aliases at some point, and that might be surprising.
67 1.1 rillig # This aliasing happens for single-character variable names like $@ or $<
68 1.1 rillig # (see VarFind, CanonicalVarname), but not for braced or parenthesized
69 1.1 rillig # expressions like ${@}, ${.TARGET} ${VAR:Mpattern} (see Var_Parse,
70 1.1 rillig # ParseVarname).
71 1.3 rillig #
72 1.5 rillig # In the following condition, make expands '$@' to the long-format alias
73 1.5 rillig # '$(.TARGET)'; note that the alias is not written with braces, as would be
74 1.5 rillig # common in BSD makefiles, but with parentheses. This alternative spelling
75 1.5 rillig # behaves the same though.
76 1.3 rillig .if $@ != "\$\(.TARGET)"
77 1.3 rillig . error
78 1.3 rillig .endif
79 1.5 rillig # In the long form of writing a target-local variable, the text of the
80 1.5 rillig # expression is preserved exactly as written, no matter whether it is written
81 1.5 rillig # with '{' or '('.
82 1.3 rillig .if ${@} != "\$\{@}"
83 1.3 rillig . error
84 1.3 rillig .endif
85 1.3 rillig .if $(@) != "\$\(@)"
86 1.3 rillig . error
87 1.3 rillig .endif
88 1.3 rillig # If the variable expression contains modifiers, the behavior depends on the
89 1.3 rillig # actual modifiers. The modifier ':M' keeps the expression in the state
90 1.3 rillig # 'undefined'. Since the expression is still undefined after evaluating all
91 1.3 rillig # the modifiers, the value of the expression is discarded and the expression
92 1.3 rillig # text is used instead. This preserves the expressions based on target-local
93 1.3 rillig # variables as long as possible.
94 1.3 rillig .if ${@:M*} != "\$\{@:M*}"
95 1.3 rillig . error
96 1.3 rillig .endif
97 1.3 rillig # In the following examples, the expressions are based on target-local
98 1.3 rillig # variables but use the modifier ':L', which turns an undefined expression
99 1.3 rillig # into a defined one. At the end of evaluating the expression, the state of
100 1.5 rillig # the expression is not 'undefined' anymore. The value of the expression
101 1.3 rillig # is the name of the variable, since that's what the modifier ':L' does.
102 1.1 rillig .if ${@:L} != "@"
103 1.1 rillig . error
104 1.1 rillig .endif
105 1.1 rillig .if ${.TARGET:L} != ".TARGET"
106 1.1 rillig . error
107 1.1 rillig .endif
108 1.1 rillig .if ${@F:L} != "@F"
109 1.1 rillig . error
110 1.1 rillig .endif
111 1.1 rillig .if ${@D:L} != "@D"
112 1.1 rillig . error
113 1.1 rillig .endif
114 1.1 rillig
115 1.3 rillig
116 1.6 rillig # Custom local variables
117 1.6 rillig #
118 1.3 rillig # Additional target-local variables may be defined in dependency lines.
119 1.3 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -dv
120 1.3 rillig # In the following line, the ':=' may either be interpreted as an assignment
121 1.3 rillig # operator or as the dependency operator ':', followed by an empty variable
122 1.3 rillig # name and the assignment operator '='. It is the latter since in an
123 1.6 rillig # assignment, the left-hand side must be a single word or empty.
124 1.6 rillig #
125 1.6 rillig # The empty variable name is expanded twice, once for 'one' and once for
126 1.6 rillig # 'two'.
127 1.3 rillig # expect: Var_SetExpand: variable name "" expands to empty string, with value "three" - ignored
128 1.3 rillig # expect: Var_SetExpand: variable name "" expands to empty string, with value "three" - ignored
129 1.3 rillig one two:=three
130 1.3 rillig # If the two targets to the left are generated by a variable expression, the
131 1.3 rillig # line is parsed as a variable assignment since its left-hand side is a single
132 1.3 rillig # word.
133 1.3 rillig # expect: Global: one two = three
134 1.3 rillig ${:Uone two}:=three
135 1.3 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -d0
136 1.3 rillig
137 1.1 rillig
138 1.1 rillig .SUFFIXES: .c .o
139 1.1 rillig
140 1.3 rillig # One of the dynamic target-local variables is '.TARGET'. Since this is not
141 1.3 rillig # a suffix transformation rule, the variable '.IMPSRC' is not defined.
142 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local.c out of nothing.
143 1.3 rillig var-scope-local.c:
144 1.3 rillig : Making ${.TARGET} ${.IMPSRC:Dfrom ${.IMPSRC}:Uout of nothing}.
145 1.3 rillig
146 1.3 rillig # This is a suffix transformation rule, so both '.TARGET' and '.IMPSRC' are
147 1.3 rillig # defined.
148 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local.o from var-scope-local.c.
149 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making basename "var-scope-local.o" in "." from "var-scope-local.c" in ".".
150 1.1 rillig .c.o:
151 1.1 rillig : Making ${.TARGET} from ${.IMPSRC}.
152 1.1 rillig
153 1.1 rillig # The local variables @F, @D, <F, <D are legacy forms.
154 1.1 rillig # See the manual page for details.
155 1.3 rillig : Making basename "${@F}" in "${@D}" from "${<F}" in "${<D}".
156 1.1 rillig
157 1.3 rillig # expect: : all overwritten
158 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local.o
159 1.1 rillig # The ::= modifier overwrites the .TARGET variable in the node
160 1.1 rillig # 'all', not in the global scope. This can be seen with the -dv
161 1.3 rillig # option, looking for "all: @ = overwritten".
162 1.3 rillig : ${.TARGET} ${.TARGET::=overwritten}${.TARGET}
163 1.3 rillig
164 1.3 rillig
165 1.3 rillig # Begin tests for custom target-local variables, for all 5 variable assignment
166 1.3 rillig # operators.
167 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-assign.o
168 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-append.o
169 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-append-global.o
170 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-default.o
171 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-subst.o
172 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-shell.o
173 1.3 rillig
174 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-assign.o \
175 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-append.o \
176 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-append-global.o \
177 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-default.o \
178 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-subst.o \
179 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-shell.o:
180 1.3 rillig : Making ${.TARGET} with VAR="${VAR}".
181 1.2 sjg
182 1.3 rillig # Target-local variables are enabled by default. Force them to be enabled
183 1.3 rillig # just in case a test above has disabled them.
184 1.2 sjg .MAKE.TARGET_LOCAL_VARIABLES= yes
185 1.2 sjg
186 1.3 rillig VAR= global
187 1.3 rillig
188 1.3 rillig # If the sources of a dependency line look like a variable assignment, make
189 1.3 rillig # treats them as such. There is only a single variable assignment per
190 1.3 rillig # dependency line, which makes whitespace around the assignment operator
191 1.3 rillig # irrelevant.
192 1.3 rillig #
193 1.3 rillig # expect-reset
194 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local-assign.o with VAR="local".
195 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-assign.o: VAR= local
196 1.3 rillig
197 1.3 rillig # Assignments using '+=' do *not* look up the global value, instead they only
198 1.3 rillig # look up the variable in the target's own scope.
199 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-append.o: VAR+= local
200 1.3 rillig # Once a variable is defined in the target-local scope, appending using '+='
201 1.3 rillig # behaves as expected. Note that the expression '${.TARGET}' is not resolved
202 1.3 rillig # when parsing the dependency line, its evaluation is deferred until the
203 1.3 rillig # target is actually made.
204 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local-append.o with VAR="local to var-scope-local-append.o".
205 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-append.o: VAR += to ${.TARGET}
206 1.3 rillig # To access the value of a global variable, use a variable expression. This
207 1.3 rillig # expression is expanded before parsing the whole dependency line. Since the
208 1.5 rillig # expansion happens to the right of the dependency operator ':', the expanded
209 1.5 rillig # text does not influence parsing of the dependency line. Since the expansion
210 1.5 rillig # happens to the right of the assignment operator '=', the expanded text does
211 1.5 rillig # not influence the parsing of the variable assignment. The effective
212 1.5 rillig # variable assignment, after expanding the whole line first, is thus
213 1.3 rillig # 'VAR= global+local'.
214 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local-append-global.o with VAR="global+local".
215 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-append-global.o: VAR= ${VAR}+local
216 1.3 rillig
217 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-default.o: VAR ?= first
218 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-default.o: VAR ?= second
219 1.3 rillig # XXX: '?=' does look at the global variable. That's a long-standing
220 1.3 rillig # inconsistency between the assignment operators '+=' and '?='. See
221 1.3 rillig # Var_AppendExpand and VarAssign_Eval.
222 1.3 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local-default.o with VAR="global".
223 1.3 rillig
224 1.3 rillig # Using the variable assignment operator ':=' provides another way of
225 1.3 rillig # accessing a global variable and extending it with local modifications. The
226 1.3 rillig # '$' has to be written as '$$' though to survive the expansion of the
227 1.5 rillig # dependency line as a whole. After that, the parser sees the variable
228 1.5 rillig # assignment as 'VAR := ${VAR}+local' and searches for the variable 'VAR' in
229 1.5 rillig # the usual scopes, picking up the variable from the global scope.
230 1.5 rillig # expect: : Making var-scope-local-subst.o with VAR="global+local".
231 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-subst.o: VAR := $${VAR}+local
232 1.3 rillig
233 1.3 rillig # The variable assignment operator '!=' assigns the output of the shell
234 1.5 rillig # command, as everywhere else. The shell command is run when the dependency
235 1.5 rillig # line is parsed.
236 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-shell.o: VAR != echo output
237 1.3 rillig
238 1.3 rillig
239 1.3 rillig # While VAR=use will be set for a .USE node, it will never be seen since only
240 1.3 rillig # the ultimate target's context is searched; the variable assignments from the
241 1.3 rillig # .USE target are not copied to the ultimate target's.
242 1.5 rillig # expect: : var-scope-local-use.o uses .USE VAR="global"
243 1.2 sjg a_use: .USE VAR=use
244 1.2 sjg : ${.TARGET} uses .USE VAR="${VAR}"
245 1.2 sjg
246 1.3 rillig all: var-scope-local-use.o
247 1.3 rillig var-scope-local-use.o: a_use
248