The construct "diff ... || diff=1 || diff=" does not set the variable
in all cases. This could be triggered with:
$ env make diff=1 make sc_dd_O_FLAGS
dd_O_FLAGS
maint.mk: ./src/dd.c has inconsistent O_ flag lists
cfg.mk:59: recipe for target 'sc_dd_O_FLAGS' failed
make: *** [sc_dd_O_FLAGS] Error 1
* cfg.mk (sc_dd_O_FLAGS): Remember $? of the diff command directly
and check its value later rather than using the above mentioned
mapping.
perl -nle '/^ +\| (O_\w*)$$/ and print $$1' $(dd); } | sort > $@.1
@{ echo O_NOFOLLOW; perl -nle '/{"[a-z]+",\s*(O_\w+)},/ and print $$1' \
$(dd); } | sort > $@.2
- @diff -u $@.1 $@.2 || diff=1 || diff=; \
+ @diff -u $@.1 $@.2; diff=$$?; \
rm -f $@.1 $@.2; \
- test "$$diff" \
- && { echo '$(ME): $(dd) has inconsistent O_ flag lists'>&2; \
- exit 1; } || :
+ test "$$diff" = 0 \
+ || { echo '$(ME): $(dd) has inconsistent O_ flag lists'>&2; \
+ exit 1; }
# Ensure that dd's definition of LONGEST_SYMBOL stays in sync
# with the strings from the two affected variables.