# $NetBSD: var-recursive.mk,v 1.2 2020/10/31 13:45:00 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for variable expressions that refer to themselves and thus # cannot be evaluated. TESTS= direct indirect conditional short # Since make exits immediately when it detects a recursive expression, # the actual tests are run in sub-makes. TEST?= # none .if ${TEST} == "" all: .for test in ${TESTS} @${.MAKE} -f ${MAKEFILE} TEST=${test} || : .endfor .elif ${TEST} == direct DIRECT= ${DIRECT} # Defining a recursive variable is not yet an error. . info still there # Therefore this line is printed. . info ${DIRECT} # But expanding the variable is an error. .elif ${TEST} == indirect # The chain of variables that refer to each other may be long. INDIRECT1= ${INDIRECT2} INDIRECT2= ${INDIRECT1} . info ${INDIRECT1} .elif ${TEST} == conditional # The variable refers to itself, but only in the branch of a condition that # is never satisfied and is thus not evaluated. CONDITIONAL= ${1:?ok:${CONDITIONAL}} . info ${CONDITIONAL} .elif ${TEST} == short # Short variable names can be expanded using the short-hand $V notation, # which takes a different code path in Var_Parse for parsing the variable # name. Ensure that these are checked as well. V= $V . info $V .else . error Unknown test "${TEST}" .endif all: