RFR: JDK-8212587 equals in MakeBase does not handle empty strings correctly (original) (raw)

Erik Joelsson erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Wed Oct 17 16:28:05 UTC 2018


Looks good!

/Erik

On 2018-10-17 03:29, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:

The macro equals in MakeBase.gmk does not handle empty strings correctly. Comparing two empty strings returns as non-equal, even though they should be equal.

This had the result that DependOnVariable caused eternal redoing of a target if the variable in question happened to be empty, since when the new empty value was compared to the old empty value, it was deemed different, and thus a remake of the target was initiated. The solution was tricky, even by Make syntax standards. I guarantee you, every single space in this construct must be the way it is. :-& Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212587 WebRev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8212587-equals-handle-empty-strings/webrev.01 /Magnus



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