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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2# This allows us to work with the newline character:
3define newline
4
5
6endef
7newline := $(newline)
8
9# nl-escape
10#
11# Usage: escape = $(call nl-escape[,escape])
12#
13# This is used as the common way to specify
14# what should replace a newline when escaping
15# newlines; the default is a bizarre string.
16#
17nl-escape = $(if $(1),$(1),m822df3020w6a44id34bt574ctac44eb9f4n)
18
19# escape-nl
20#
21# Usage: escaped-text = $(call escape-nl,text[,escape])
22#
23# GNU make's $(shell ...) function converts to a
24# single space each newline character in the output
25# produced during the expansion; this may not be
26# desirable.
27#
28# The only solution is to change each newline into
29# something that won't be converted, so that the
30# information can be recovered later with
31# $(call unescape-nl...)
32#
33escape-nl = $(subst $(newline),$(call nl-escape,$(2)),$(1))
34
35# unescape-nl
36#
37# Usage: text = $(call unescape-nl,escaped-text[,escape])
38#
39# See escape-nl.
40#
41unescape-nl = $(subst $(call nl-escape,$(2)),$(newline),$(1))
42
43# shell-escape-nl
44#
45# Usage: $(shell some-command | $(call shell-escape-nl[,escape]))
46#
47# Use this to escape newlines from within a shell call;
48# the default escape is a bizarre string.
49#
50# NOTE: The escape is used directly as a string constant
51#       in an `awk' program that is delimited by shell
52#       single-quotes, so be wary of the characters
53#       that are chosen.
54#
55define shell-escape-nl
56awk 'NR==1 {t=$$0} NR>1 {t=t "$(nl-escape)" $$0} END {printf t}'
57endef
58
59# shell-unescape-nl
60#
61# Usage: $(shell some-command | $(call shell-unescape-nl[,escape]))
62#
63# Use this to unescape newlines from within a shell call;
64# the default escape is a bizarre string.
65#
66# NOTE: The escape is used directly as an extended regular
67#       expression constant in an `awk' program that is
68#       delimited by shell single-quotes, so be wary
69#       of the characters that are chosen.
70#
71# (The bash shell has a bug where `{gsub(...),...}' is
72#  misinterpreted as a brace expansion; this can be
73#  overcome by putting a space between `{' and `gsub').
74#
75define shell-unescape-nl
76awk 'NR==1 {t=$$0} NR>1 {t=t "\n" $$0} END { gsub(/$(nl-escape)/,"\n",t); printf t }'
77endef
78
79# escape-for-shell-sq
80#
81# Usage: embeddable-text = $(call escape-for-shell-sq,text)
82#
83# This function produces text that is suitable for
84# embedding in a shell string that is delimited by
85# single-quotes.
86#
87escape-for-shell-sq =  $(subst ','\'',$(1))
88
89# shell-sq
90#
91# Usage: single-quoted-and-escaped-text = $(call shell-sq,text)
92#
93shell-sq = '$(escape-for-shell-sq)'
94
95# shell-wordify
96#
97# Usage: wordified-text = $(call shell-wordify,text)
98#
99# For instance:
100#
101#  |define text
102#  |hello
103#  |world
104#  |endef
105#  |
106#  |target:
107#  |	echo $(call shell-wordify,$(text))
108#
109# At least GNU make gets confused by expanding a newline
110# within the context of a command line of a makefile rule
111# (this is in constrast to a `$(shell ...)' function call,
112# which can handle it just fine).
113#
114# This function avoids the problem by producing a string
115# that works as a shell word, regardless of whether or
116# not it contains a newline.
117#
118# If the text to be wordified contains a newline, then
119# an intrictate shell command substitution is constructed
120# to render the text as a single line; when the shell
121# processes the resulting escaped text, it transforms
122# it into the original unescaped text.
123#
124# If the text does not contain a newline, then this function
125# produces the same results as the `$(shell-sq)' function.
126#
127shell-wordify = $(if $(findstring $(newline),$(1)),$(_sw-esc-nl),$(shell-sq))
128define _sw-esc-nl
129"$$(echo $(call escape-nl,$(shell-sq),$(2)) | $(call shell-unescape-nl,$(2)))"
130endef
131
132# is-absolute
133#
134# Usage: bool-value = $(call is-absolute,path)
135#
136is-absolute = $(shell echo $(shell-sq) | grep -q ^/ && echo y)
137
138# lookup
139#
140# Usage: absolute-executable-path-or-empty = $(call lookup,path)
141#
142# (It's necessary to use `sh -c' because GNU make messes up by
143#  trying too hard and getting things wrong).
144#
145lookup = $(call unescape-nl,$(shell sh -c $(_l-sh)))
146_l-sh = $(call shell-sq,command -v $(shell-sq) | $(call shell-escape-nl,))
147
148# is-executable
149#
150# Usage: bool-value = $(call is-executable,path)
151#
152# (It's necessary to use `sh -c' because GNU make messes up by
153#  trying too hard and getting things wrong).
154#
155is-executable = $(call _is-executable-helper,$(shell-sq))
156_is-executable-helper = $(shell sh -c $(_is-executable-sh))
157_is-executable-sh = $(call shell-sq,test -f $(1) -a -x $(1) && echo y)
158
159# get-executable
160#
161# Usage: absolute-executable-path-or-empty = $(call get-executable,path)
162#
163# The goal is to get an absolute path for an executable;
164# the `command -v' is defined by POSIX, but it's not
165# necessarily very portable, so it's only used if
166# relative path resolution is requested, as determined
167# by the presence of a leading `/'.
168#
169get-executable = $(if $(1),$(if $(is-absolute),$(_ge-abspath),$(lookup)))
170_ge-abspath = $(if $(is-executable),$(1))
171
172# get-supplied-or-default-executable
173#
174# Usage: absolute-executable-path-or-empty = $(call get-executable-or-default,variable,default)
175#
176define get-executable-or-default
177$(if $($(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$($(1)),$(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$(2)))
178endef
179_ge_attempt = $(if $(get-executable),$(get-executable),$(call _gea_err,$(2)))
180_gea_err  = $(if $(1),$(error Please set '$(1)' appropriately))
181