Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/11114: make(1) does not work as documented with .POSIX: target Message-ID: <200202231610.g1NGA2Z36602@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/11114; it has been noted by GNATS.
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
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 15:29:56 +0100
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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