Subject: Re: new feature for bmake: read-only variables
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/02/2005 20:43:39
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 03:21:10AM +0200, Roland Illig wrote:
> >Do you still need the block style when working with targets anyway? You
> >can just use ".READONLY: VAR VAR2"  all the time.
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/08/25/0004.html
> 
> Yes, I do. In that example I don't want to duplicate all the 
> TOOLS_PLATFORM.* names just for making them read-only.

OK, so how does it interact e.g. with having a .for loop inside a
read-only block? Does it work? Would the behaviour considered as
consistent?

Joerg