Fix for complex situations where directories are declared as prerequisites.

Info on this fix from barkalow@reputation.com: thanks!

Some updates/cleanups of some of the tests; added a forgotten -t test, etc.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/scripts/misc/general4 b/tests/scripts/misc/general4
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+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-
+
+$description = "\
+This tests random features of make's algorithms, often somewhat obscure,
+which have either broken at some point in the past or seem likely to
+break.";
+
+open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");
+
+# The contents of the Makefile ...
+
+print MAKEFILE <<'EOF';
+# Make sure that subdirectories built as prerequisites are actually handled
+# properly.
+
+all: dir/subdir/file.a
+
+dir/subdir: ; @echo mkdir -p dir/subdir
+
+dir/subdir/file.b: dir/subdir ; @echo touch dir/subdir/file.b
+
+dir/subdir/%.a: dir/subdir/%.b ; @echo cp $< $@
+EOF
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile,"",&get_logfile);
+$answer = "mkdir -p dir/subdir\ntouch dir/subdir/file.b\ncp dir/subdir/file.b dir/subdir/file.a\n";
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+1;