Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 16:30:37 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com> To: standards@freebsd.org Subject: Fw: Re: bin/11114: make(1) does not work as documented with .POSIX: target Message-ID: <20020302163037.M66092@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Could someone here remark on the accuracy of the submitters claim?
Basically, the submitter believes that if one defines the '.POSIX'
target in his local makefile, he should get the desired
behavior. However, FreeBSD is currently set up such that if '.POSIX'
is the first target in sys.mk, one gets the POSIX behavior.
----- Forwarded message from Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> -----
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 15:29:56 +0100
From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>
To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/11114: make(1) does not work as documented with .POSIX: target
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In-Reply-To: <20020223000444.C16048@blossom.cjclark.org>; from crist.clark@attbi.com on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 12:04:44AM -0800
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 12:04:44AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
# On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 08:28:50PM +0100, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
# > Crist,
# >
# > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 08:23:16AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
# > # The issue here is that the .POSIX target will not have its effect
# > # until the makefile containing it is read. /usr/share/mk/sys.mk is the
# > # first file read. make(1) doesn't know about anything that you have set
# > # in your makefile yet.
# > #
# > # I have no idea if that is a bug or feature. What do the standards say
# > # (if anything)?
# >
# > The POSIX 2001 Standard defines the behavior of make and mandates that
# > the macros have the following values, when .POSIX: is specified as the
# > first noncomment line and without prerequisites and commands:
#
# Right, but what is the exact wording?
".POSIX The application shall ensure that this special target is specified
without prerequisites or commands. If it appears as the first
non-comment line in the makefile, make shall process the makefile
as specified by this section; otherwise, the behavior of make is
unspecified."
Later on it mentions the list of variables and their values.
# All of this does work when the
# ".POSIX" target is set in sys.mk. In exactly which makefile is the
# ".POSIX" target supposed to work?
The application programmer's. See the example in the PR.
# If it is in the local one, this is a
# real problem. Goes against the whole way makefiles are processed.
I'm not sure what you mean with "local makefile".
Regards,
Jens
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