# $NetBSD: varmod-order-shuffle.mk,v 1.3 2020/08/16 20:43:01 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the :Ox variable modifier, which returns the words of the # variable, shuffled. # # As of 2020-08-16, make uses random(3) seeded by the current time in seconds. # This makes the random numbers completely predictable since there is no other # part of make that uses random numbers. NUMBERS= one two three four five six seven eight nine ten # Note that 1 in every 10! trials two independently generated # randomized orderings will be the same. The test framework doesn't # support checking probabilistic output, so we accept that each of the # 3 :Ox tests will incorrectly fail with probability 2.756E-7, which # lets the whole test fail once in 1.209.600 runs, on average. # Create two shuffles using the := assignment operator. shuffled1:= ${NUMBERS:Ox} shuffled2:= ${NUMBERS:Ox} .if ${shuffled1} == ${shuffled2} .error ${shuffled1} == ${shuffled2} .endif # Sorting the list before shuffling it has no effect. shuffled1:= ${NUMBERS:O:Ox} shuffled2:= ${NUMBERS:O:Ox} .if ${shuffled1} == ${shuffled2} .error ${shuffled1} == ${shuffled2} .endif # Sorting after shuffling must produce the original numbers. sorted:= ${NUMBERS:Ox:O} .if ${sorted} != ${NUMBERS:O} .error ${sorted} != ${NUMBERS:O} .endif all: @:;