Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:24:27 +0100 From: nivit@email.it (Nicola Vitale) To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with 'exists' in Makefile Message-ID: <20031208182427.GA5296@Psyllobora> In-Reply-To: <3FD43680.6090001@ciam.ru> References: <3FD43680.6090001@ciam.ru>
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> [Sergey Matveychuk, 2003-12-08T11:29:52+00:00]
> [...]
> Why '.if exists()' always fails?
>
> [...]
> TESTS_COOKIE= ${WRKDIR}/.tests_built
> [...]
> test: build
> .if exists(${TESTS_COOKIE})
> @${ECHO_MSG} "===> Running tests."; \
> ${ECHO_MSG} "===> Tests done."
> .else
> @${ECHO_MSG} "===> Tests was not build"; \
> ${ECHO_MSG} ""
> .endif
>
> .include <bsd.port.mk>
Because the WRKDIR variable is defined in post-makefile
section, so when your target (test) is built it is null.
Try this:
# touch /.tests_built
# make test
It also works, for example, if you put your target after
the directive
.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
but this usage is forbidden. :)
Ciao.
--
Nicola S. Vitale
nivit@email.it
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