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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:27:41 -0600
From:      Elizabeth Myers <elizabeth@interlinked.me>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: testing the value of ${CXX} in ports Makefile
Message-ID:  <54CB164D.60908@interlinked.me>
In-Reply-To: <201501300345.t0U3jHwb008745@gw.catspoiler.org>
References:  <201501300345.t0U3jHwb008745@gw.catspoiler.org>

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On 01/29/15 21:43, Don Lewis wrote:
> I need to test the value of ${CXX} in the Makefile for a port and am
> getting unexpected results.  Here is a simplified version of the
> Makefile:
>
> PORTNAME=	junk
> PORTVERSION=	0.0.0
> CATEGORIES=	devel
> DISTFILES=
>
> MAINTAINER=	truckman@FreeBSD.org
> COMMENT=	junk
>
> USE_GCC=	4.9+
>
> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
>
> post-patch:
> 	echo CXX=${CXX}
> .if ${CXX} == g++49
> 	echo detected g++49
> .else
> 	echo did not detect g++49
> .endif
>
> .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
>
>
> If I run "make patch", this is what I get:
>
> # make patch
> ===>   junk-0.0.0 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
> ===> Fetching all distfiles required by junk-0.0.0 for building
> ===>  Extracting for junk-0.0.0
> ===>  Patching for junk-0.0.0
> echo CXX=g++49
> CXX=g++49
> echo did not detect g++49
> did not detect g++49
>
>
> If I run "make -dA patch" and look at the debug output, I observe
> bsd.gcc.mk getting processed after the .if is evaluated.  When the .if
> is processed, the value of ${CXX} is still c++.  It sort of looks like
> bsd.gcc.mk isn't getting included until bsd.port.post.mk and we are
> relying on lazy expansion to get the correct value of ${CXX} for the
> actions.
>
> It sort of looks like I'll have to do something like:
>
> post-patch:
> 	[ ${CXX} = g++49 ] && echo detected g++49
>
> but that just seems goofy.
>
>
>
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Why do you need to detect it? Shouldn't USE_GCC ensure it's there? In
any case, browsing through the ports tree, you could try .if
!empty(CXX:M*g++49*)
--
Cheers,

Elizabeth Myers



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