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diff --git a/contrib/bmake/unit-tests/cond-short.mk b/contrib/bmake/unit-tests/cond-short.mk
index 113c3fd08fed..bcdf372ca6e6 100644
--- a/contrib/bmake/unit-tests/cond-short.mk
+++ b/contrib/bmake/unit-tests/cond-short.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: cond-short.mk,v 1.16 2021/03/14 11:49:37 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: cond-short.mk,v 1.23 2023/11/19 22:32:44 rillig Exp $
#
# Demonstrates that in conditions, the right-hand side of an && or ||
# is only evaluated if it can actually influence the result.
@@ -9,10 +9,23 @@
# Before 2020-06-28, the right-hand side of an && or || operator was always
# evaluated, which was wrong. In cond.c 1.69 and var.c 1.197 on 2015-10-11,
# Var_Parse got a new parameter named 'wantit'. Since then it would have been
-# possible to skip evaluation of irrelevant variable expressions and only
+# possible to skip evaluation of irrelevant expressions and only
# parse them. They were still evaluated though, the only difference to
-# relevant variable expressions was that in the irrelevant variable
-# expressions, undefined variables were allowed.
+# relevant expressions was that in the irrelevant
+# expressions, undefined variables were allowed. This allowed for conditions
+# like 'defined(VAR) && ${VAR:S,from,to,} != ""', which no longer produced an
+# error message 'Malformed conditional', but the irrelevant expression was
+# still evaluated.
+#
+# Since the initial commit on 1993-03-21, the manual page has been saying that
+# make 'will only evaluate a conditional as far as is necessary to determine',
+# but that was wrong. The code in cond.c 1.1 from 1993-03-21 looks good since
+# it calls Var_Parse(condExpr, VAR_CMD, doEval,&varSpecLen,&doFree), but the
+# definition of Var_Parse did not call the third parameter 'doEval', as would
+# be expected, but instead 'err', accompanied by the comment 'TRUE if
+# undefined variables are an error'. This subtle difference between 'do not
+# evaluate at all' and 'allow undefined variables' led to the unexpected
+# evaluation.
#
# See also:
# var-eval-short.mk, for short-circuited variable modifiers
@@ -109,7 +122,9 @@ VAR= # empty again, for the following tests
.if 0 || empty(${echo "expected or empty" 1>&2 :L:sh})
.endif
-# Unreachable nested conditions are skipped completely as well.
+# Unreachable nested conditions are skipped completely as well. These skipped
+# lines may even contain syntax errors. This allows to skip syntactically
+# incompatible new features in older versions of make.
.if 0
. if ${echo "unexpected nested and" 1>&2 :L:sh}
@@ -120,28 +135,32 @@ VAR= # empty again, for the following tests
.elif ${echo "unexpected nested or" 1>&2 :L:sh}
.endif
-# make sure these do not cause complaint
-#.MAKEFLAGS: -dc
-# TODO: Rewrite this whole section and check all the conditions and variables.
-# Several of the assumptions are probably wrong here.
-# TODO: replace 'x=' with '.info' or '.error'.
-V42= 42
-iV1= ${V42}
-iV2= ${V66}
+NUMBER= 42
+INDIR_NUMBER= ${NUMBER}
+INDIR_UNDEF= ${UNDEF}
-.if defined(V42) && ${V42} > 0
-x= Ok
+.if defined(NUMBER) && ${NUMBER} > 0
.else
-x= Fail
+. error
.endif
-x!= echo 'defined(V42) && $${V42} > 0: $x' >&2; echo
-# With cond.c 1.76 from 2020-07-03, the following condition triggered a
-# warning: "String comparison operator should be either == or !=".
-# This was because the variable expression ${iV2} was defined, but the
-# contained variable V66 was undefined. The left-hand side of the comparison
-# therefore evaluated to the string "${V66}", which is obviously not a number.
+# Starting with var.c 1.226 from from 2020-07-02, the following condition
+# triggered a warning: "String comparison operator should be either == or !=".
+#
+# The left-hand side of the '&&' evaluated to false, which should have made
+# the right-hand side irrelevant.
+#
+# On the right-hand side of the '&&', the expression ${INDIR_UNDEF} was
+# defined and had the value '${UNDEF}', but the nested variable UNDEF was
+# undefined. The right hand side "${INDIR_UNDEF}" still needed to be parsed,
+# and in parse-only mode, the "value" of the parsed expression was the
+# uninterpreted variable value, in this case '${UNDEF}'. And even though the
+# right hand side of the '&&' should have been irrelevant, the two sides of
+# the comparison were still parsed and evaluated. Comparing these two values
+# numerically was not possible since the string '${UNDEF}' is not a number,
+# so the comparison fell back to string comparison, which then complained
+# about the '>' operator.
#
# This was fixed in cond.c 1.79 from 2020-07-09 by not evaluating irrelevant
# comparisons. Instead, they are only parsed and then discarded.
@@ -149,59 +168,94 @@ x!= echo 'defined(V42) && $${V42} > 0: $x' >&2; echo
# At that time, there was not enough debug logging to see the details in the
# -dA log. To actually see it, add debug logging at the beginning and end of
# Var_Parse.
-.if defined(V66) && ( ${iV2} < ${V42} )
-x= Fail
-.else
-x= Ok
+.if defined(UNDEF) && ${INDIR_UNDEF} < ${NUMBER}
+. error
+.endif
+# Adding a ':U' modifier to the irrelevant expression didn't help, as that
+# expression was only parsed, not evaluated. The resulting literal string
+# '${INDIR_UNDEF:U2}' was not numeric either, for the same reason as above.
+.if defined(UNDEF) && ${INDIR_UNDEF:U2} < ${NUMBER}
+. error
.endif
-# XXX: This condition doesn't match the one above. The quotes are missing
-# above. This is a crucial detail since without quotes, the variable
-# expression ${iV2} evaluates to "${V66}", and with quotes, it evaluates to ""
-# since undefined variables are allowed and expand to an empty string.
-x!= echo 'defined(V66) && ( "$${iV2}" < $${V42} ): $x' >&2; echo
-.if 1 || ${iV1} < ${V42}
-x= Ok
-.else
-x= Fail
+
+# Since cond.c 1.76 from 2020.06.28 and before var.c 1.225 from 2020.07.01,
+# the following snippet resulted in the error message 'Variable VAR is
+# recursive'. The condition '0' evaluated to false, which made the right-hand
+# side of the '&&' irrelevant. Back then, irrelevant condition parts were
+# still evaluated, but in "irrelevant mode", which allowed undefined variables
+# to occur in expressions. In this mode, the variable name 'VAR' was
+# unnecessarily evaluated, resulting in the expression '${VAR${:U1}}'. In
+# this expression, the variable name was 'VAR${:U1}', and of this variable
+# name, only the fixed part 'VAR' was evaluated, without the part '${:U1}'.
+# This partial evaluation led to the wrong error message about 'VAR' being
+# recursive.
+VAR= ${VAR${:U1}}
+.if 0 && !empty(VAR)
.endif
-x!= echo '1 || $${iV1} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo
-# With cond.c 1.76 from 2020-07-03, the following condition triggered a
-# warning: "String comparison operator should be either == or !=".
-# This was because the variable expression ${iV2} was defined, but the
-# contained variable V66 was undefined. The left-hand side of the comparison
-# therefore evaluated to the string "${V66}", which is obviously not a number.
+
+# Enclosing the expression in double quotes changes how that expression is
+# evaluated. In irrelevant expressions that are enclosed in double quotes,
+# expressions based on undefined variables are allowed and evaluate to an
+# empty string.
#
-# This was fixed in cond.c 1.79 from 2020-07-09 by not evaluating irrelevant
-# comparisons. Instead, they are only parsed and then discarded.
+# The manual page stated from at least 1993 on that irrelevant conditions were
+# not evaluated, but that was wrong. These conditions were evaluated, the
+# only difference was that undefined variables in them didn't trigger an
+# error. Since numeric conditions are quite rare, this subtle difference
+# didn't catch much attention, as most other conditions such as pattern
+# matches or equality comparisons worked fine and never produced error
+# messages.
+.if defined(UNDEF) && "${INDIR_UNDEF}" < ${NUMBER}
+. error
+.endif
+
+# Since the condition is relevant, the indirect undefined variable is
+# evaluated as usual, resolving nested undefined expressions to an empty
+# string.
#
-# At that time, there was not enough debug logging to see the details in the
-# -dA log. To actually see it, add debug logging at the beginning and end of
-# Var_Parse.
-.if 1 || ${iV2:U2} < ${V42}
-x= Ok
+# Comparing an empty string numerically is not possible, however, make has an
+# ugly hack in TryParseNumber that treats an empty string as a valid numerical
+# value, thus hiding bugs in the makefile.
+.if ${INDIR_UNDEF} < ${NUMBER}
+# only due to the ugly hack
+.else
+. error
+.endif
+
+# Due to the quotes around the left-hand side of the '<', the operand is
+# marked as a string, thus preventing a numerical comparison.
+#
+# expect+1: Comparison with '<' requires both operands '' and '42' to be numeric
+.if "${INDIR_UNDEF}" < ${NUMBER}
+. info yes
.else
-x= Fail
+. info no
.endif
-x!= echo '1 || $${iV2:U2} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo
-# the same expressions are fine when the lhs is expanded
-# ${iV1} expands to 42
-.if 0 || ${iV1} <= ${V42}
-x= Ok
+# The right-hand side of '||' is irrelevant and thus not evaluated.
+.if 1 || ${INDIR_NUMBER} < ${NUMBER}
.else
-x= Fail
+. error
+.endif
+
+# The right-hand side of '||' is relevant and thus evaluated normally.
+.if 0 || ${INDIR_NUMBER} < ${NUMBER}
+. error
.endif
-x!= echo '0 || $${iV1} <= $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo
-# ${iV2:U2} expands to 2
-.if 0 || ${iV2:U2} < ${V42}
-x= Ok
+# The right-hand side of '||' evaluates to an empty string, as the variable
+# 'INDIR_UNDEF' is defined, therefore the modifier ':U2' has no effect.
+# Comparing an empty string numerically is not possible, however, make has an
+# ugly hack in TryParseNumber that treats an empty string as a valid numerical
+# value, thus hiding bugs in the makefile.
+.if 0 || ${INDIR_UNDEF:U2} < ${NUMBER}
+# only due to the ugly hack
.else
-x= Fail
+. error
.endif
-x!= echo '0 || $${iV2:U2} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo
+
# The right-hand side of the '&&' is irrelevant since the left-hand side
# already evaluates to false. Before cond.c 1.79 from 2020-07-09, it was
@@ -211,4 +265,56 @@ x!= echo '0 || $${iV2:U2} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo
. error
.endif
+
+# Ensure that irrelevant conditions do not influence the result of the whole
+# condition. As of cond.c 1.302 from 2021-12-11, an irrelevant function call
+# evaluated to true (see CondParser_FuncCall and CondParser_FuncCallEmpty), an
+# irrelevant comparison evaluated to false (see CondParser_Comparison).
+#
+# An irrelevant true bubbles up to the outermost CondParser_And, where it is
+# ignored. An irrelevant false bubbles up to the outermost CondParser_Or,
+# where it is ignored.
+#
+# If the condition parser should ever be restructured, the bubbling up of the
+# irrelevant evaluation results might show up accidentally. Prevent this.
+DEF= defined
+.undef UNDEF
+
+.if 0 && defined(DEF)
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 1 && defined(DEF)
+.else
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 0 && defined(UNDEF)
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 1 && defined(UNDEF)
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 0 || defined(DEF)
+.else
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 1 || defined(DEF)
+.else
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 0 || defined(UNDEF)
+. error
+.endif
+
+.if 1 || defined(UNDEF)
+.else
+. error
+.endif
+
+
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