Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 10:49:59 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does !exists() not work Message-ID: <19981224104959.F2039@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199812241825.KAA15145@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 10:25:43AM -0800 References: <19981224095147.A18144@dragon.nuxi.com> <199812241825.KAA15145@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 10:25:43AM -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote:
> * Why doesn't this work:
> *
> * .if !exists(${DISTDIR}/vp-bro-0.4-alpha${EXTRACT_SUFX})
>
> Either DISTDIR or EXTRACT_SUFX is not defined yet. The BSD make
> generally does lazy evaluation but it can't read ahead of
> conditionals.
But at the point the `IGNORE' string is used, it is defined?
I also tried this logic below the include of bsd.port.mk.
Should that have worked?
> DISTDIR is in bsd.port.pre.mk but EXTRACT_SUFX is not. I'll move it.
Cool.
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