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Re: [PATCH] Test `$(var:suf=rpl)' expansion in special automake variable
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Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Test `$(var:suf=rpl)' expansion in special automake variables. |
Date: |
Thu, 9 Dec 2010 21:52:33 +0100 |
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On Thursday 09 December 2010, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 12/09/2010 05:46 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > Another testsuite-enhancing patch, based off of maint and intended for
> > master.
> >
> > Tested with Solaris 10 XPG4 make, Solaris 10 CCS make, Solaris 10 dmake,
> > Heirloom make, GNU make from 3.79 up to 3.82, with the Debian ports of
> > NetBSD make and FreeBSD make, with dash 0.5.2, bash 2.0, bash 4.1, pdksh,
> > Solaris 10 /bin/sh and Heirloom shell.
> >
> > I'll wait the customary 72 hours (until sunday evening) before
> > pushing.
>
> Can you also test whether $(var:$(var2)=$(var3)) works in all makes?
>
According to Ralf Wildenhues:
<http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg16318.html>
even $(var:=$(var2)) does not work portably. I'm now going to check
the make implementations I've access to to see if any of them fails
with these constructs. I will post the results shortly.
> That question was raised during today's Austin Group meeting, as part of
> figuring out how portable recursive variable expansion is in practice.
>
Regards,
Stefano