Re: I: adjust test suite for upcoming GNU Make 3.83

[Paul Smith]

%% "Dmitry V. Levin" <address@hidden> writes:

  dvl> Upcoming version of GNU Make introduces new incompatibility.
  dvl> The NEWS file says:
  dvl> * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility!
  dvl>   GNU make now implements a generic "second expansion" feature on the
  dvl>   prerequisites of both explicit and implicit (pattern) targets.  After
  dvl>   the rule has been parsed, the prerequisites are expanded a second
  dvl>   time, this time with all the automatic variables in scope.  This means
  dvl>   that in addition to using standard SysV $$@ in prerequisites lists,
  dvl>   you can also use complex functions such as $$(patsubst f%r,b%o,$$@) 
etc.
  dvl>   This behavior applies to implicit rules, as well, where the second
  dvl>   expansion occurs after the rule is matched.
  dvl>   However, this means that you need to double-quote any "$" in your
  dvl>   filenames; instead of "foo: boo$$bar" you must write "foo: foo$$$$bar"

  dvl> GNU Make developers suggest to adjust dollar.test, to make it work with
  dvl> both the old and new versions of GNU make, see
  dvl> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=12260

Hi Dmitry;

I was going to post something here about this when I saw your message :-).


I'm interested in discussing the issue and possible solutions.  The one
I added to the bug report involves using :=, since simply-expanded
variables in GNU make are always only expanded one time, no matter how
many times they're referenced (unless within an eval function).  But,
obviously, using := does not yield a portable makefile.

I'm not actually sure whether there's any way to write a makefile that
doesn't rely on any GNU make features, that handles "$" in filenames
"properly".

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