On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:

> On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 10:05:18 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 May 2002, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> > > > + .if exists(__<bsd.init.mk>__)
> >
> > It will never exist when it has 2 layers of misspelling like this :-).
>
> I grabbed the __ part from bsd.init.mk, but I suppose I was a bit confused.
>
> So if I do:
>
> .if exists(<bsd.init.mk>)
>
> with make(1) do the right thing?
I don't think so.  exists() only works with ordinary pathnames AFAIK.

> > > >   .include <bsd.init.mk>
> > > > + .elif exists(../../../share/mk/bsd.init.mk)
> > > > + .include "../../../share/mk/bsd.init.mk"
> > > > + .elif exists(../../../../share/mk/bsd.init.mk)
> > > > + .include "../../../../share/mk/bsd.init.mk"
> > > > + .endif
> > > >
> > > >   .SUFFIXES: .out .o .c .cc .cxx .C .y .l .s .S
> > > >
> >
> > Not using it when it isn't in the standard place would be less ugly.
>
> How about this?  Assuming exists() does the right thing (does it?), this
> patch would restore the previous behavior if bsd.init.mk isn't there.

See another reply.

Bruce


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