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Date:      Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:13:36 -0700
From:      "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>
To:        Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>, <sjg@juniper.net>
Subject:   Re: bmake: variable modifiers in SysV include
Message-ID:  <4361.1522282416@kaos.jnpr.net>
In-Reply-To: <20180328115825.ydfnbly6hpsvbo3h@ptrcrt.ch>
References:  <20180328115825.ydfnbly6hpsvbo3h@ptrcrt.ch>

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Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> our make (contrib/bmake) does not currently support variable modifiers
> in SysV-style "include" directives. See this simple example:

> Apart from parentheses reshuffling, the patch just removes a check
> that inhibits SysV inclusion if the line being parsed contains a colon
> (:) character.
> 
> This has been there since bmake has supported SysV includes [2].
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Any ideas why the check is there, and what problem it's preventing?
> 2. Anybody with src bit would like to approve me committing the fix?

Can you pls fwd your issue to tech-toolchain@netbsd.org (cc me)
that way whoever it was who added the support for sysV style include
can comment.

Thanks
--sjg



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