Subject: misc/2090: make's SYSVINCLUDE overoptimistic
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@taniemarie.solon.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/17/1996 00:39:03
>Number: 2090
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: make identifies things as include directives which aren't.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 17 02:20:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Peter Seebach
>Organization:
Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
>Release: Feb 10 96
>Environment:
System: NetBSD taniemarie 1.1A NetBSD 1.1A (SEEBS) #0: Mon Jan 15 20:07:46 CST 1996 seebs@taniemarie:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/SEEBS amiga
>Description:
A makefile containing the line:
includedir = foo
aborts with the error '"Makefile", line 1: Could not find dir'
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to assign to a variable whose name starts with include.
>Fix:
Check for include followed by space at the beginning of lines,
if sysvinclude is defined, rather than just include.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: