# $NetBSD: cond-undef-lint.mk,v 1.2 2020/09/14 07:13:29 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for defined and undefined variables in .if conditions, in lint mode. # # As of 2020-09-14, lint mode contains experimental code for printing # accurate error messages in case of undefined variables, instead of the # wrong "Malformed condition". # # See also: # opt-debug-lint.mk .MAKEFLAGS: -dL # DEF is defined, UNDEF is not. DEF= defined # An expression based on a defined variable is fine. .if !${DEF} . error .endif # Since the condition fails to evaluate, neither of the branches is taken. .if ${UNDEF} . error .else . error .endif # The variable name depends on the undefined variable, which is probably a # mistake. The variable UNDEF, as used here, can be easily turned into # an expression that is always defined, using the :U modifier. # # The outer expression does not generate an error message since there was # already an error evaluating this variable's name. # # TODO: Suppress the error message "Variable VAR. is undefined". That part # of the expression must not be evaluated at all. .if ${VAR.${UNDEF}} . error .else . error .endif # The variable VAR.defined is not defined and thus generates an error message. .if ${VAR.${DEF}} . error .else . error .endif # Variables that are referenced indirectly may be undefined in a condition. # # A practical example for this is CFLAGS, which consists of CWARNS, COPTS # and a few others. Just because these nested variables are not defined, # this does not make the condition invalid. # # The crucial point is that at the point where the variable appears in the # condition, there is no way to influence the definedness of the nested # variables. In particular, there is no modifier that would turn undefined # nested variables into empty strings, as an equivalent to the :U modifier. INDIRECT= ${NESTED_UNDEF} ${NESTED_DEF} NESTED_DEF= nested-defined # Since NESTED_UNDEF is not controllable at this point, it must not generate # an error message, and it doesn't do so, since 2020-09-14. .if !${INDIRECT} . error .endif |