# $NetBSD: var-op-sunsh.mk,v 1.6 2020/11/15 20:20:58 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the :sh= variable assignment operator, which runs its right-hand # side through the shell. It is a seldom-used alternative to the != # assignment operator, adopted from Sun make. .MAKEFLAGS: -dL # Enable sane error messages # This is the idiomatic form of the Sun shell assignment operator. # The assignment operator is directly preceded by the ':sh'. VAR:sh= echo colon-sh .if ${VAR} != "colon-sh" . error .endif # It is also possible to have whitespace around the :sh assignment # operator modifier. VAR :sh = echo colon-sh-spaced .if ${VAR} != "colon-sh-spaced" . error .endif # Until 2020-10-04, the ':sh' could even be followed by other characters. # This was neither documented by NetBSD make nor by Solaris make and was # an implementation error. # # Since 2020-10-04, this is a normal variable assignment using the '=' # assignment operator. VAR:shell= echo colon-shell .if ${${:UVAR\:shell}} != "echo colon-shell" . error .endif # Several colons can syntactically appear in a variable name. # Until 2020-10-04, the last of them was interpreted as the ':sh' # assignment operator. # # Since 2020-10-04, the colons are part of the variable name. VAR:shoe:shore= echo two-colons .if ${${:UVAR\:shoe\:shore}} != "echo two-colons" . error .endif # Until 2020-10-04, the following expression was wrongly marked as # a parse error. This was because the parser for variable assignments # just looked for the previous ":sh", without taking any contextual # information into account. # # There are two different syntactical elements that look exactly the same: # The variable modifier ':sh' and the assignment operator modifier ':sh'. # Intuitively this variable name contains the variable modifier, but until # 2020-10-04, the parser regarded it as an assignment operator modifier, in # Parse_DoVar. VAR.${:Uecho 123:sh}= ok-123 .if ${VAR.123} != "ok-123" . error .endif # Same pattern here. Until 2020-10-04, the ':sh' inside the nested expression # was taken for the :sh assignment operator modifier, even though it was # escaped by a backslash. VAR.${:U echo\:shell}= ok-shell .if ${VAR.${:U echo\:shell}} != "ok-shell" . error .endif # Until 2020-10-04, the word 'shift' was also affected since it starts with # ':sh'. VAR.key:shift= Shift .if ${${:UVAR.key\:shift}} != "Shift" . error .endif # Just for fun: The code in Parse_IsVar allows for multiple appearances of # the ':sh' assignment operator modifier. Let's see what happens ... # # Well, the end result is correct but the way until there is rather # adventurous. This only works because the parser replaces each an every # whitespace character that is not nested with '\0' (see Parse_DoVar). # The variable name therefore ends before the first ':sh', and the last # ':sh' turns the assignment operator into the shell command evaluation. # Parse_DoVar completely trusts Parse_IsVar to properly verify the syntax. # # The ':sh' is the only word that may occur between the variable name and # the assignment operator at nesting level 0. All other words would lead # to a parse error since the left-hand side of an assignment must be # exactly one word. VAR :sh :sh :sh :sh= echo multiple .if ${VAR} != "multiple" . error .endif # The word ':sh' is not the only thing that can occur after a variable name. # Since the parser just counts braces and parentheses instead of properly # expanding nested expressions, the token ' :sh' can be used to add arbitrary # text between the variable name and the assignment operator, it just has to # be enclosed in braces or parentheses. VAR :sh(Put a comment here)= comment in parentheses .if ${VAR} != "comment in parentheses" . error .endif # The unintended comment can include multiple levels of nested braces and # parentheses, they don't even need to be balanced since they are only # counted by Parse_IsVar and ignored by Parse_DoVar. VAR :sh{Put}((((a}{comment}}}}{here}= comment in braces .if ${VAR} != "comment in braces" . error .endif # Syntactically, the ':sh' modifier can be combined with the '+=' assignment # operator. In such a case the ':sh' modifier is silently ignored. # # XXX: This combination should not be allowed at all. VAR= one VAR :sh += echo two .if ${VAR} != "one echo two" . error ${VAR} .endif # TODO: test VAR:sh!=command all: @:;