Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:50:08 GMT From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/155000: make(1) doesn't handle .POSIX: correctly Message-ID: <201102242350.p1ONo8Bi021853@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/155000; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/155000: make(1) doesn't handle .POSIX: correctly Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:41:51 -0800 On 02/24/11 14:35, Bruce Evans wrote: > Except that there is the opportunity to set %POSIX using make -D. This > might be enough in practice. The namespace pollution avoidance is > too perfect -- there seems to be no way to set %POSIX or .POSIX in the > environment. Is this relevant? POSIX says that the Right Way to demand POSIX mode is to put .POSIX on the first non-comment line of the Makefile; our %POSIX variable is a red herring as far as POSIX is concerned. -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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