varmod-quote-dollar.mk revision 1.4 1 # $NetBSD: varmod-quote-dollar.mk,v 1.4 2022/05/08 10:14:40 rillig Exp $
2 #
3 # Tests for the :q variable modifier, which quotes the string for the shell
4 # and doubles dollar signs, to prevent them from being interpreted by a
5 # child process of make.
6
7 # The newline and space characters at the beginning of this string are passed
8 # to the child make. When the child make parses the variable assignment, it
9 # discards the leading space characters.
10 ASCII_CHARS= ${.newline} !"\#$$%&'()*+,-./09:;<=>?@AZ[\]^_`az{|}~
11
12 all:
13 @${MAKE} -r -f /dev/null \
14 CHARS=${ASCII_CHARS:q} \
15 TWICE=${ASCII_CHARS:q}${ASCII_CHARS:q} \
16 -V CHARS \
17 -V TWICE
18