make/tests/scripts/variables/SHELL
Paul Smith 6636dc1d5c If we're on a DOS/W32/OS2 system and we're not using a unixy shell, don't
follow POSIX backslash/newline conventions.

Use a different method for testing the SHELL variable, which hopefully
will work better on non-UNIX systems.
2005-08-25 04:40:10 +00:00

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# -*-perl-*-
$description = "Test proper handling of SHELL.";
# Find the default value when SHELL is not set. On UNIX it will be /bin/sh,
# but on other platforms who knows?
resetENV();
delete $ENV{SHELL};
$mshell = `echo 'all:;\@echo \$(SHELL)' | $make_path -f-`;
chop $mshell;
# According to POSIX, the value of SHELL in the environment has no impact on
# the value in the makefile.
# Note %extraENV takes precedence over the default value for the shell.
$extraENV{SHELL} = '/dev/null';
run_make_test('all:;@echo "$(SHELL)"', '', $mshell);
# According to POSIX, any value of SHELL set in the makefile should _NOT_ be
# exported to the subshell! I wanted to set SHELL to be $^X (perl) in the
# makefile, but make runs $(SHELL) -c 'commandline' and that doesn't work at
# all when $(SHELL) is perl :-/. So, we just add an extra initial /./ which
# works well on UNIX and seems to work OK on at least some non-UNIX systems.
$extraENV{SHELL} = $mshell;
run_make_test("SHELL := /./$mshell\n".'
all:;@echo "$(SHELL) $$SHELL"
', '', "/./$mshell $mshell");
# As a GNU make extension, if make's SHELL variable is explicitly exported,
# then we really _DO_ export it.
$extraENV{SHELL} = $mshell;
run_make_test("export SHELL := /./$mshell\n".'
all:;@echo "$(SHELL) $$SHELL"
', '', "/./$mshell /./$mshell");
# Test out setting of SHELL, both exported and not, as a target-specific
# variable.
$extraENV{SHELL} = $mshell;
run_make_test("all: SHELL := /./$mshell\n".'
all:;@echo "$(SHELL) $$SHELL"
', '', "/./$mshell $mshell");
$extraENV{SHELL} = $mshell;
run_make_test("all: export SHELL := /./$mshell\n".'
all:;@echo "$(SHELL) $$SHELL"
', '', "/./$mshell $mshell");
1;