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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000
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+# This allows us to work with the newline character:
+define newline
+
+
+endef
+newline := $(newline)
+
+# nl-escape
+#
+# Usage: escape = $(call nl-escape[,escape])
+#
+# This is used as the common way to specify
+# what should replace a newline when escaping
+# newlines; the default is a bizarre string.
+#
+nl-escape = $(if $(1),$(1),m822df3020w6a44id34bt574ctac44eb9f4n)
+
+# escape-nl
+#
+# Usage: escaped-text = $(call escape-nl,text[,escape])
+#
+# GNU make's $(shell ...) function converts to a
+# single space each newline character in the output
+# produced during the expansion; this may not be
+# desirable.
+#
+# The only solution is to change each newline into
+# something that won't be converted, so that the
+# information can be recovered later with
+# $(call unescape-nl...)
+#
+escape-nl = $(subst $(newline),$(call nl-escape,$(2)),$(1))
+
+# unescape-nl
+#
+# Usage: text = $(call unescape-nl,escaped-text[,escape])
+#
+# See escape-nl.
+#
+unescape-nl = $(subst $(call nl-escape,$(2)),$(newline),$(1))
+
+# shell-escape-nl
+#
+# Usage: $(shell some-command | $(call shell-escape-nl[,escape]))
+#
+# Use this to escape newlines from within a shell call;
+# the default escape is a bizarre string.
+#
+# NOTE: The escape is used directly as a string constant
+# in an `awk' program that is delimited by shell
+# single-quotes, so be wary of the characters
+# that are chosen.
+#
+define shell-escape-nl
+awk 'NR==1 {t=$$0} NR>1 {t=t "$(nl-escape)" $$0} END {printf t}'
+endef
+
+# shell-unescape-nl
+#
+# Usage: $(shell some-command | $(call shell-unescape-nl[,escape]))
+#
+# Use this to unescape newlines from within a shell call;
+# the default escape is a bizarre string.
+#
+# NOTE: The escape is used directly as an extended regular
+# expression constant in an `awk' program that is
+# delimited by shell single-quotes, so be wary
+# of the characters that are chosen.
+#
+# (The bash shell has a bug where `{gsub(...),...}' is
+# misinterpreted as a brace expansion; this can be
+# overcome by putting a space between `{' and `gsub').
+#
+define shell-unescape-nl
+awk 'NR==1 {t=$$0} NR>1 {t=t "\n" $$0} END { gsub(/$(nl-escape)/,"\n",t); printf t }'
+endef
+
+# escape-for-shell-sq
+#
+# Usage: embeddable-text = $(call escape-for-shell-sq,text)
+#
+# This function produces text that is suitable for
+# embedding in a shell string that is delimited by
+# single-quotes.
+#
+escape-for-shell-sq = $(subst ','\'',$(1))
+
+# shell-sq
+#
+# Usage: single-quoted-and-escaped-text = $(call shell-sq,text)
+#
+shell-sq = '$(escape-for-shell-sq)'
+
+# shell-wordify
+#
+# Usage: wordified-text = $(call shell-wordify,text)
+#
+# For instance:
+#
+# |define text
+# |hello
+# |world
+# |endef
+# |
+# |target:
+# | echo $(call shell-wordify,$(text))
+#
+# At least GNU make gets confused by expanding a newline
+# within the context of a command line of a makefile rule
+# (this is in constrast to a `$(shell ...)' function call,
+# which can handle it just fine).
+#
+# This function avoids the problem by producing a string
+# that works as a shell word, regardless of whether or
+# not it contains a newline.
+#
+# If the text to be wordified contains a newline, then
+# an intrictate shell command substitution is constructed
+# to render the text as a single line; when the shell
+# processes the resulting escaped text, it transforms
+# it into the original unescaped text.
+#
+# If the text does not contain a newline, then this function
+# produces the same results as the `$(shell-sq)' function.
+#
+shell-wordify = $(if $(findstring $(newline),$(1)),$(_sw-esc-nl),$(shell-sq))
+define _sw-esc-nl
+"$$(echo $(call escape-nl,$(shell-sq),$(2)) | $(call shell-unescape-nl,$(2)))"
+endef
+
+# is-absolute
+#
+# Usage: bool-value = $(call is-absolute,path)
+#
+is-absolute = $(shell echo $(shell-sq) | grep -q ^/ && echo y)
+
+# lookup
+#
+# Usage: absolute-executable-path-or-empty = $(call lookup,path)
+#
+# (It's necessary to use `sh -c' because GNU make messes up by
+# trying too hard and getting things wrong).
+#
+lookup = $(call unescape-nl,$(shell sh -c $(_l-sh)))
+_l-sh = $(call shell-sq,command -v $(shell-sq) | $(call shell-escape-nl,))
+
+# is-executable
+#
+# Usage: bool-value = $(call is-executable,path)
+#
+# (It's necessary to use `sh -c' because GNU make messes up by
+# trying too hard and getting things wrong).
+#
+is-executable = $(call _is-executable-helper,$(shell-sq))
+_is-executable-helper = $(shell sh -c $(_is-executable-sh))
+_is-executable-sh = $(call shell-sq,test -f $(1) -a -x $(1) && echo y)
+
+# get-executable
+#
+# Usage: absolute-executable-path-or-empty = $(call get-executable,path)
+#
+# The goal is to get an absolute path for an executable;
+# the `command -v' is defined by POSIX, but it's not
+# necessarily very portable, so it's only used if
+# relative path resolution is requested, as determined
+# by the presence of a leading `/'.
+#
+get-executable = $(if $(1),$(if $(is-absolute),$(_ge-abspath),$(lookup)))
+_ge-abspath = $(if $(is-executable),$(1))
+
+# get-supplied-or-default-executable
+#
+# Usage: absolute-executable-path-or-empty = $(call get-executable-or-default,variable,default)
+#
+define get-executable-or-default
+$(if $($(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$($(1)),$(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$(2)))
+endef
+_ge_attempt = $(if $(get-executable),$(get-executable),$(call _gea_err,$(2)))
+_gea_err = $(if $(1),$(error Please set '$(1)' appropriately))