New command line option: --eval=STRING will cause STRING to be

evaluated as a makefile statement before the first makefile is
read.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/scripts/options/eval b/tests/scripts/options/eval
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06a035c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/options/eval
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-
+
+$description = "Test the --eval option.";
+
+$details = "Verify that --eval options take effect,
+and are passed to sub-makes.";
+
+# Verify that --eval is evaluated first
+run_make_test(q!
+BAR = bar
+all: ; @echo all
+recurse: ; @$(MAKE) -f #MAKEFILE# && echo recurse!,
+              '--eval=\$\(info\ eval\) FOO=\$\(BAR\)', "eval\nall");
+
+# Make sure that --eval is handled correctly during recursion
+run_make_test(undef, '--no-print-directory --eval=\$\(info\ eval\) recurse',
+              "eval\neval\nall\nrecurse");
+
+1;