make/tests
Paul Smith f4b8ddf260 [SV 45211] Parse MAKEFLAGS immediately when it's reset
When MAKEFLAGS is set in a makefile, reparse it immediately rather
than waiting until after all makefiles have been read and parsed.
This change doesn't actually fix the SV bug referenced because, even
though we do reparse MAKEFLAGS, we don't handle the -r or -R options
immediately.  Doing this will require more effort.

* NEWS: Announce the change.
* src/makeint.h: Publish reset_switches() and decode_env_switches()
from main.c
* src/main.c (main): Don't call construct_include_path(); it will be
invoked decode_switches().
Preserve the old values of builtin_rules, builtin_variables, and
job_slots before we read makefiles since they can be changed now.
(reset_switches): Publish (remove static).  Set the initial value of
the stringlist list to NULL.
(decode_switches): Call construct_include_path() after decoding.
(decode_env_switches): Publish (remove static).
(define_makeflags): Set the MAKEFLAGS variable for special handling.
* src/read.c (eval_makefile): Check for empty include_directories.
(construct_include_path): Clear any old value of .INCLUDE_DIRS before
appending new values.  Free the previous include_directories.
* src/variable.c (lookup_special_var): When MAKEFLAGS is set, first
reset the switches then re-parse the variable.
* tests/run_make_tests.pl: Memo-ize some default variable values.
* tests/scripts/options/dash-r: Create tests for setting -r and -R.
* tests/scripts/variables/MAKEFLAGS: Test that resetting -I from
within the makefile takes effect immediately.
2021-09-05 21:08:59 -04:00
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scripts [SV 45211] Parse MAKEFLAGS immediately when it's reset 2021-09-05 21:08:59 -04:00
.gitignore
ChangeLog.1
config-flags.pm.in
config-flags.pm.W32
config_flags_pm.com
COPYING
guile.supp
mkshadow
NEWS
README
run_make_tests
run_make_tests.bat
run_make_tests.com
run_make_tests.pl [SV 45211] Parse MAKEFLAGS immediately when it's reset 2021-09-05 21:08:59 -04:00
test_driver.pl tests: Simplify customization of %ENV 2020-04-01 02:02:57 -04:00
thelp.pl [SV 58497] Ensure $(file <) newline removal succeeds 2021-03-15 03:28:11 -04:00

The test suite was originally written by Steve McGee and Chris Arthur.
It is covered by the GNU General Public License (Version 2), described
in the file COPYING.  It has been maintained as part of GNU make proper
since GNU make 3.78.

This entire test suite, including all test files, are copyright and
distributed under the following terms:

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The test suite requires Perl.  These days, you should have at least Perl
5.004 (available from ftp.gnu.org, and portable to many machines).  It
used to work with Perl 4.036 but official support for Perl 4.x was
abandoned a long time ago, due to lack of testbeds, as well as interest.

The test suite assumes that the first "diff" it finds on your PATH is
GNU diff, but that only matters if a test fails.

To run the test suite on a UNIX system, use "perl ./run_make_tests"
(or just "./run_make_tests" if you have a perl on your PATH).

To run the test suite on Windows NT or DOS systems, use
"perl.exe ./run_make-tests.pl".

By default, the test engine picks up the first executable called "make"
that it finds in your path.  You may use the -make_path option (i.e.,
"perl run_make_tests -make_path /usr/local/src/make-3.78/make") if
you want to run a particular copy.  This now works correctly with
relative paths and when make is called something other than "make" (like
"gmake").

Tests cannot end with a "~" character, as the test suite will ignore any
that do (I was tired of having it run my Emacs backup files as tests :))

Also, sometimes the tests may behave strangely on networked
filesystems.  You can use mkshadow to create a copy of the test suite in
/tmp or similar, and try again.  If the error disappears, it's an issue
with your network or file server, not GNU make (I believe).  This
shouldn't happen very often anymore: I've done a lot of work on the
tests to reduce the impacts of this situation.

The options/dash-l test will not really test anything if the copy of
make you are using can't obtain the system load.  Some systems require
make to be setgid sys or kmem for this; if you don't want to install
make just to test it, make it setgid to kmem or whatever group /dev/kmem
is (i.e., "chgrp kmem make;chmod g+s make" as root).  In any case, the
options/dash-l test should no longer *fail* because make can't read
/dev/kmem.

A directory named "work" will be created when the tests are run which
will contain any makefiles and "diff" files of tests that fail so that
you may look at them afterward to see the output of make and the
expected result.

There is a -help option which will give you more information about the
other possible options for the test suite.


Open Issues
-----------

The test suite has a number of problems which should be addressed.  One
VERY serious one is that there is no real documentation.  You just have
to see the existing tests.  Use the newer tests: many of the tests
haven't been updated to use the latest/greatest test methods.  See the
ChangeLog in the tests directory for pointers.

The second serious problem is that it's not parallelizable: it scribbles
all over its installation directory and so can only test one make at a
time.  The third serious problem is that it's not relocatable: the only
way it works when you build out of the source tree is to create
symlinks, which doesn't work on every system and is bogus to boot.  The
fourth serious problem is that it doesn't create its own sandbox when
running tests, so that if a test forgets to clean up after itself that
can impact future tests.


Bugs
----

Any complaints/suggestions/bugs/etc. for the test suite itself (as
opposed to problems in make that the suite finds) should be handled the
same way as normal GNU make bugs/problems (see the README for GNU make).


                                                Paul D. Smith
						Chris Arthur