[ng] memoize: expose a serious bug (affecting GNU make < 3.83)
This is a follow-up to commit
v1.12-217-gd55204f of 2012-05-12,
"[ng] vars: implement memoization of make variables (new 'am__memoize'
func)".
So, apparently, all our workarounds aimed at avoiding the subtle GNU
make bug affecting variable memoization:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2012-05/msg00013.html>
<https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?7534>
have not been enough :-(
When trying to use 'am__memoize' in a non-trivial setup (to optimize
the new form of the parallel-tests harness implemented by the series
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-ng/2012-05/msg00015.html),
we stumbled upon that bug again. At this point, it's quite clear that
there is no safe way to safely avoid it, so we'll have to find a way
to enable memoization (that is just an optimization) only with GNU
make >= 3.83 (once that is out).
Here, we just enhance our testsuite to expose the (re)discovered
issue.
* t/memoize.tap: Enhance. The new check fails with GNU make <= 3.82,
and passes with the development version of GNU make (which should
become GNU make 3.83 eventually).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>