- Enhance .POSIX to set -e when invoking shells, as demanded by a

  backward-incompatible change in the 2008 POSIX specification.
- Add the .SHELLFLAGS variable so people can choose their own shell flags.
- Add tests for this.
- Add documentation for this.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/scripts/targets/POSIX b/tests/scripts/targets/POSIX
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+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-
+
+$description = "Test the behaviour of the .PHONY target.";
+
+$details = "";
+
+
+# Ensure turning on .POSIX enables the -e flag for the shell
+
+run_make_test(q!
+.POSIX:
+all: ; @false; true
+!,
+              '', "#MAKE#: *** [all] Error 1\n", 512);
+
+# User settings must override .POSIX
+
+run_make_test(q!
+.SHELLFLAGS = -xc
+.POSIX:
+all: ; @false; true
+!,
+              '', "+ false\n+ true\n");
+
+# This tells the test driver that the perl test script executed properly.
+1;