Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:20:11 GMT From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/155000: make(1) doesn't handle .POSIX: correctly Message-ID: <201102250020.p1P0KBcO056985@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/155000; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/155000: make(1) doesn't handle .POSIX: correctly Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:35:30 +1100 (EST) On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Colin Percival wrote: >> Description: > > make(1) doesn't handle .POSIX: correctly. It sucks in sys.mk before it > reads the Makefile, and sys.mk has several instances of > .if defined(%POSIX) > to switch between POSIX and non-POSIX mode; because sys.mk is processed > first, there is no opportunity for a .POSIX: directive to take effect. > >> How-To-Repeat: > $ echo .POSIX: > Makefile > $ make -V CC > (prints "cc"; it should print "c89".) 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. Bruce
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