source: kBuild/trunk/src/kmk/remake.c@ 2024

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#include "make.h"
#include "filedef.h"
#include "job.h"
#include "commands.h"
#include "dep.h"
#include "variable.h"
#include "debug.h"

#include <assert.h>

#ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
#include <fcntl.h>
#else
#include <sys/file.h>
#endif

#ifdef VMS
#include <starlet.h>
#endif
#ifdef WINDOWS32
#include <io.h>
#endif

extern int try_implicit_rule (struct file *file, unsigned int depth);


/* The test for circular dependencies is based on the 'updating' bit in
   `struct file'.  However, double colon targets have seperate `struct
   file's; make sure we always use the base of the double colon chain. */

#define start_updating(_f)  (((_f)->double_colon ? (_f)->double_colon : (_f))\
                             ->updating = 1)
#define finish_updating(_f) (((_f)->double_colon ? (_f)->double_colon : (_f))\
                             ->updating = 0)
#define is_updating(_f)     (((_f)->double_colon ? (_f)->double_colon : (_f))\
                             ->updating)


/* Incremented when a command is started (under -n, when one would be).  */
unsigned int commands_started = 0;

/* Current value for pruning the scan of the goal chain (toggle 0/1).  */
static unsigned int considered;

static int update_file (struct file *file, unsigned int depth);
static int update_file_1 (struct file *file, unsigned int depth);
static int check_dep (struct file *file, unsigned int depth,
                      FILE_TIMESTAMP this_mtime, int *must_make_ptr);
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_DOT_MUST_MAKE
static int call_must_make_target_var (struct file *file);
#endif
static int touch_file (struct file *file);
static void remake_file (struct file *file);
static FILE_TIMESTAMP name_mtime (const char *name);
static const char *library_search (const char *lib, FILE_TIMESTAMP *mtime_ptr);



/* Remake all the goals in the `struct dep' chain GOALS.  Return -1 if nothing
   was done, 0 if all goals were updated successfully, or 1 if a goal failed.

   If rebuilding_makefiles is nonzero, these goals are makefiles, so -t, -q,
   and -n should be disabled for them unless they were also command-line
   targets, and we should only make one goal at a time and return as soon as
   one goal whose `changed' member is nonzero is successfully made.  */

int
update_goal_chain (struct dep *goals)
{
  int t = touch_flag, q = question_flag, n = just_print_flag;
  unsigned int j = job_slots;
  int status = -1;

#define MTIME(file) (rebuilding_makefiles ? file_mtime_no_search (file) \
                     : file_mtime (file))

  /* Duplicate the chain so we can remove things from it.  */

  goals = copy_dep_chain (goals);

  {
    /* Clear the `changed' flag of each goal in the chain.
       We will use the flag below to notice when any commands
       have actually been run for a target.  When no commands
       have been run, we give an "up to date" diagnostic.  */

    struct dep *g;
    for (g = goals; g != 0; g = g->next)
      g->changed = 0;
  }

  /* All files start with the considered bit 0, so the global value is 1.  */
  considered = 1;

  /* Update all the goals until they are all finished.  */

  while (goals != 0)
    {
      register struct dep *g, *lastgoal;

      /* Start jobs that are waiting for the load to go down.  */

      start_waiting_jobs ();

      /* Wait for a child to die.  */

      reap_children (1, 0);

      lastgoal = 0;
      g = goals;
      while (g != 0)
        {
          /* Iterate over all double-colon entries for this file.  */
          struct file *file;
          int stop = 0, any_not_updated = 0;

          for (file = g->file->double_colon ? g->file->double_colon : g->file;
               file != NULL;
               file = file->prev)
            {
              unsigned int ocommands_started;
              int x;
              check_renamed (file);
              if (rebuilding_makefiles)
                {
                  if (file->cmd_target)
                    {
                      touch_flag = t;
                      question_flag = q;
                      just_print_flag = n;
                    }
                  else
                    touch_flag = question_flag = just_print_flag = 0;
                }

              /* Save the old value of `commands_started' so we can compare
                 later.  It will be incremented when any commands are
                 actually run.  */
              ocommands_started = commands_started;

              x = update_file (file, rebuilding_makefiles ? 1 : 0);
              check_renamed (file);

              /* Set the goal's `changed' flag if any commands were started
                 by calling update_file above.  We check this flag below to
                 decide when to give an "up to date" diagnostic.  */
              if (commands_started > ocommands_started)
                g->changed = 1;

              /* If we updated a file and STATUS was not already 1, set it to
                 1 if updating failed, or to 0 if updating succeeded.  Leave
                 STATUS as it is if no updating was done.  */

              stop = 0;
              if ((x != 0 || file->updated) && status < 1)
                {
                  if (file->update_status != 0)
                    {
                      /* Updating failed, or -q triggered.  The STATUS value
                         tells our caller which.  */
                      status = file->update_status;
                      /* If -q just triggered, stop immediately.  It doesn't
                         matter how much more we run, since we already know
                         the answer to return.  */
                      stop = (question_flag && !keep_going_flag
                              && !rebuilding_makefiles);
                    }
                  else
                    {
                      FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime = MTIME (file);
                      check_renamed (file);

                      if (file->updated && g->changed &&
                           mtime != file->mtime_before_update)
                        {
                          /* Updating was done.  If this is a makefile and
                             just_print_flag or question_flag is set (meaning
                             -n or -q was given and this file was specified
                             as a command-line target), don't change STATUS.
                             If STATUS is changed, we will get re-exec'd, and
                             enter an infinite loop.  */
                          if (!rebuilding_makefiles
                              || (!just_print_flag && !question_flag))
                            status = 0;
                          if (rebuilding_makefiles && file->dontcare)
                            /* This is a default makefile; stop remaking.  */
                            stop = 1;
                        }
                    }
                }

              /* Keep track if any double-colon entry is not finished.
                 When they are all finished, the goal is finished.  */
              any_not_updated |= !file->updated;

              if (stop)
                break;
            }

          /* Reset FILE since it is null at the end of the loop.  */
          file = g->file;

          if (stop || !any_not_updated)
            {
              /* If we have found nothing whatever to do for the goal,
                 print a message saying nothing needs doing.  */

              if (!rebuilding_makefiles
                  /* If the update_status is zero, we updated successfully
                     or not at all.  G->changed will have been set above if
                     any commands were actually started for this goal.  */
                  && file->update_status == 0 && !g->changed
                  /* Never give a message under -s or -q.  */
                  && !silent_flag && !question_flag)
                message (1, ((file->phony || file->cmds == 0)
                             ? _("Nothing to be done for `%s'.")
                             : _("`%s' is up to date.")),
                         file->name);

              /* This goal is finished.  Remove it from the chain.  */
              if (lastgoal == 0)
                goals = g->next;
              else
                lastgoal->next = g->next;

              /* Free the storage.  */
#ifndef CONFIG_WITH_ALLOC_CACHES
              free (g);
#else
              free_dep (g);
#endif

              g = lastgoal == 0 ? goals : lastgoal->next;

              if (stop)
                break;
            }
          else
            {
              lastgoal = g;
              g = g->next;
            }
        }

      /* If we reached the end of the dependency graph toggle the considered
         flag for the next pass.  */
      if (g == 0)
        considered = !considered;
    }

  if (rebuilding_makefiles)
    {
      touch_flag = t;
      question_flag = q;
      just_print_flag = n;
      job_slots = j;
    }

  return status;
}


/* If FILE is not up to date, execute the commands for it.
   Return 0 if successful, 1 if unsuccessful;
   but with some flag settings, just call `exit' if unsuccessful.

   DEPTH is the depth in recursions of this function.
   We increment it during the consideration of our dependencies,
   then decrement it again after finding out whether this file
   is out of date.

   If there are multiple double-colon entries for FILE,
   each is considered in turn.  */

static int
update_file (struct file *file, unsigned int depth)
{
  register int status = 0;
  register struct file *f;

  f = file->double_colon ? file->double_colon : file;

  /* Prune the dependency graph: if we've already been here on _this_
     pass through the dependency graph, we don't have to go any further.
     We won't reap_children until we start the next pass, so no state
     change is possible below here until then.  */
  if (f->considered == considered)
    {
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Pruning file `%s'.\n"));
      return f->command_state == cs_finished ? f->update_status : 0;
    }

  /* This loop runs until we start commands for a double colon rule, or until
     the chain is exhausted. */
  for (; f != 0; f = f->prev)
    {
      f->considered = considered;

      status |= update_file_1 (f, depth);
      check_renamed (f);

      /* Clean up any alloca() used during the update.  */
      alloca (0);

      /* If we got an error, don't bother with double_colon etc.  */
      if (status != 0 && !keep_going_flag)
        return status;

      if (f->command_state == cs_running
          || f->command_state == cs_deps_running)
        {
          /* Don't run the other :: rules for this
             file until this rule is finished.  */
          status = 0;
          break;
        }
    }

  /* Process the remaining rules in the double colon chain so they're marked
     considered.  Start their prerequisites, too.  */
  if (file->double_colon)
    for (; f != 0 ; f = f->prev)
      {
        struct dep *d;

        f->considered = considered;

        for (d = f->deps; d != 0; d = d->next)
          status |= update_file (d->file, depth + 1);
      }

  return status;
}


/* Show a message stating the target failed to build.  */

static void
complain (const struct file *file)
{
  const char *msg_noparent
    = _("%sNo rule to make target `%s'%s");
  const char *msg_parent
    = _("%sNo rule to make target `%s', needed by `%s'%s");

  if (!keep_going_flag)
    {
      if (file->parent == 0)
        fatal (NILF, msg_noparent, "", file->name, "");

      fatal (NILF, msg_parent, "", file->name, file->parent->name, "");
    }

  if (file->parent == 0)
    error (NILF, msg_noparent, "*** ", file->name, ".");
  else
    error (NILF, msg_parent, "*** ", file->name, file->parent->name, ".");
}

/* Consider a single `struct file' and update it as appropriate.  */

static int
update_file_1 (struct file *file, unsigned int depth)
{
  register FILE_TIMESTAMP this_mtime;
  int noexist, must_make, deps_changed;
  int dep_status = 0;
  register struct dep *d, *lastd;
  int running = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  struct file *f2, *f3;

  /* Always work on the primary multi target file. */

  if (file->multi_head != NULL && file->multi_head != file)
    {
      DBS (DB_VERBOSE, (_("Considering target file `%s' -> multi head `%s'.\n"),
                          file->name, file->multi_head->name));
      file = file->multi_head;
    }
  else
#endif /* CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET */
    DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Considering target file `%s'.\n"));

  if (file->updated)
    {
      if (file->update_status > 0)
        {
          DBF (DB_VERBOSE,
               _("Recently tried and failed to update file `%s'.\n"));

          /* If the file we tried to make is marked dontcare then no message
             was printed about it when it failed during the makefile rebuild.
             If we're trying to build it again in the normal rebuild, print a
             message now.  */
          if (file->dontcare && !rebuilding_makefiles)
            {
              file->dontcare = 0;
              complain (file);
            }

          return file->update_status;
        }

      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("File `%s' was considered already.\n"));
      return 0;
    }

  switch (file->command_state)
    {
    case cs_not_started:
    case cs_deps_running:
      break;
    case cs_running:
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Still updating file `%s'.\n"));
      return 0;
    case cs_finished:
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Finished updating file `%s'.\n"));
      return file->update_status;
    default:
      abort ();
    }

  ++depth;

  /* Notice recursive update of the same file.  */
  start_updating (file);

  /* Looking at the file's modtime beforehand allows the possibility
     that its name may be changed by a VPATH search, and thus it may
     not need an implicit rule.  If this were not done, the file
     might get implicit commands that apply to its initial name, only
     to have that name replaced with another found by VPATH search.

     For multi target files check the other files and use the time
     of the oldest / non-existing file. */

#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  this_mtime = file_mtime (file);
  f3 = file;
  for (f2 = file->multi_next;
       f2 != NULL && this_mtime != NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
       f2 = f2->multi_next)
    if (!f2->multi_maybe)
      {
        FILE_TIMESTAMP second_mtime = file_mtime (f2);
        if (second_mtime < this_mtime)
          {
            this_mtime = second_mtime;
            f3 = f2;
          }
      }
  check_renamed (file);
  noexist = this_mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
  if (noexist)
    DBS (DB_BASIC, (_("File `%s' does not exist.\n"), f3->name));
#else /* !CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET */
  this_mtime = file_mtime (file);
  check_renamed (file);
  noexist = this_mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
  if (noexist)
    DBF (DB_BASIC, _("File `%s' does not exist.\n"));
#endif /* !CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET */
  else if (ORDINARY_MTIME_MIN <= this_mtime && this_mtime <= ORDINARY_MTIME_MAX
           && file->low_resolution_time)
    {
      /* Avoid spurious rebuilds due to low resolution time stamps.  */
      int ns = FILE_TIMESTAMP_NS (this_mtime);
      if (ns != 0)
        error (NILF, _("*** Warning: .LOW_RESOLUTION_TIME file `%s' has a high resolution time stamp"),
               file->name);
      this_mtime += FILE_TIMESTAMPS_PER_S - 1 - ns;
    }

  must_make = noexist;

  /* If file was specified as a target with no commands,
     come up with some default commands.  */

  if (!file->phony && file->cmds == 0 && !file->tried_implicit)
    {
      if (try_implicit_rule (file, depth))
        DBF (DB_IMPLICIT, _("Found an implicit rule for `%s'.\n"));
      else
        DBF (DB_IMPLICIT, _("No implicit rule found for `%s'.\n"));
      file->tried_implicit = 1;
    }
  if (file->cmds == 0 && !file->is_target
      && default_file != 0 && default_file->cmds != 0)
    {
      DBF (DB_IMPLICIT, _("Using default recipe for `%s'.\n"));
      file->cmds = default_file->cmds;
    }

  /* Update all non-intermediate files we depend on, if necessary,
     and see whether any of them is more recent than this file.
     For explicit multitarget rules we must iterate all the output
     files to get the correct picture.  The special .MUST_MAKE
     target variable call is also done from this context.  */

#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  for (f2 = file; f2; f2 = f2->multi_next)
    {
      lastd = 0;
      d = f2->deps;
#else
      lastd = 0;
      d = file->deps;
#endif
      while (d != 0)
        {
          FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime;
          int maybe_make;
          int dontcare = 0;

          check_renamed (d->file);

          mtime = file_mtime (d->file);
          check_renamed (d->file);

          if (is_updating (d->file))
            {
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
              /* silently ignore the order-only dep hack. */
              if (f2->multi_maybe && d->file == file)
                {
                  lastd = d;
                  d = d->next;
                  continue;
                }
#endif

              error (NILF, _("Circular %s <- %s dependency dropped."),
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
                     f2->name, d->file->name);
#else
                     file->name, d->file->name);
#endif
              /* We cannot free D here because our the caller will still have
                 a reference to it when we were called recursively via
                 check_dep below.  */
              if (lastd == 0)
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
                f2->deps = d->next;
#else
                file->deps = d->next;
#endif
              else
                lastd->next = d->next;
              d = d->next;
              continue;
            }

#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
          d->file->parent = f2;
#else
          d->file->parent = file;
#endif
          maybe_make = must_make;

          /* Inherit dontcare flag from our parent. */
          if (rebuilding_makefiles)
            {
              dontcare = d->file->dontcare;
              d->file->dontcare = file->dontcare;
            }


          dep_status |= check_dep (d->file, depth, this_mtime, &maybe_make);

          /* Restore original dontcare flag. */
          if (rebuilding_makefiles)
            d->file->dontcare = dontcare;

          if (! d->ignore_mtime)
            must_make = maybe_make;

          check_renamed (d->file);

          {
            register struct file *f = d->file;
            if (f->double_colon)
              f = f->double_colon;
            do
              {
                running |= (f->command_state == cs_running
                            || f->command_state == cs_deps_running);
                f = f->prev;
              }
            while (f != 0);
          }

          if (dep_status != 0 && !keep_going_flag)
            break;

          if (!running)
            /* The prereq is considered changed if the timestamp has changed while
               it was built, OR it doesn't exist.  */
            d->changed = ((file_mtime (d->file) != mtime)
                          || (mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME));

          lastd = d;
          d = d->next;
        }

#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_DOT_MUST_MAKE
      /* Check with the .MUST_MAKE target variable if it's
         not already decided to make the file.  */
      if (!must_make)
# ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
        must_make = call_must_make_target_var (f2);
# else
        must_make = call_must_make_target_var (file);
# endif
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
      if (dep_status != 0 && !keep_going_flag)
        break;
    }
#endif

  /* Now we know whether this target needs updating.
     If it does, update all the intermediate files we depend on.  */

  if (must_make || always_make_flag)
    {
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
      for (f2 = file; f2; f2 = f2->multi_next)
        for (d = f2->deps; d != 0; d = d->next)
#else
        for (d = file->deps; d != 0; d = d->next)
#endif
          if (d->file->intermediate)
            {
              int dontcare = 0;

              FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime = file_mtime (d->file);
              check_renamed (d->file);
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
              d->file->parent = f2;
#else
              d->file->parent = file;
#endif

              /* Inherit dontcare flag from our parent. */
              if (rebuilding_makefiles)
                {
                  dontcare = d->file->dontcare;
                  d->file->dontcare = file->dontcare;
                }


              dep_status |= update_file (d->file, depth);

              /* Restore original dontcare flag. */
              if (rebuilding_makefiles)
                d->file->dontcare = dontcare;

              check_renamed (d->file);

              {
                register struct file *f = d->file;
                if (f->double_colon)
                f = f->double_colon;
                do
                {
                  running |= (f->command_state == cs_running
                              || f->command_state == cs_deps_running);
                  f = f->prev;
                }
                while (f != 0);
              }

              if (dep_status != 0 && !keep_going_flag)
                break;

              if (!running)
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
                d->changed = ((f2->phony && f2->cmds != 0)
#else
                d->changed = ((file->phony && file->cmds != 0)
#endif
                            || file_mtime (d->file) != mtime);
            }
    }

  finish_updating (file);

  DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Finished prerequisites of target file `%s'.\n"));

  if (running)
    {
      set_command_state (file, cs_deps_running);
      --depth;
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("The prerequisites of `%s' are being made.\n"));
      return 0;
    }

  /* If any dependency failed, give up now.  */

  if (dep_status != 0)
    {
      file->update_status = dep_status;
      notice_finished_file (file);

      --depth;

      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Giving up on target file `%s'.\n"));

      if (depth == 0 && keep_going_flag
          && !just_print_flag && !question_flag)
        error (NILF,
               _("Target `%s' not remade because of errors."), file->name);

      return dep_status;
    }

  if (file->command_state == cs_deps_running)
    /* The commands for some deps were running on the last iteration, but
       they have finished now.  Reset the command_state to not_started to
       simplify later bookkeeping.  It is important that we do this only
       when the prior state was cs_deps_running, because that prior state
       was definitely propagated to FILE's also_make's by set_command_state
       (called above), but in another state an also_make may have
       independently changed to finished state, and we would confuse that
       file's bookkeeping (updated, but not_started is bogus state).  */
    set_command_state (file, cs_not_started);

  /* Now record which prerequisites are more
     recent than this file, so we can define $?.  */

  deps_changed = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  for (f2 = file; f2; f2 = f2->multi_next)
#endif
    for (d = file->deps; d != 0; d = d->next)
      {
        FILE_TIMESTAMP d_mtime = file_mtime (d->file);
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
        if (d->file == file && f2->multi_maybe)
          continue;
#endif
        check_renamed (d->file);

        if (! d->ignore_mtime)
          {
#if 1
            /* %%% In version 4, remove this code completely to
             implement not remaking deps if their deps are newer
             than their parents.  */
            if (d_mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME && !d->file->intermediate)
              /* We must remake if this dep does not
                 exist and is not intermediate.  */
              must_make = 1;
#endif

            /* Set DEPS_CHANGED if this dep actually changed.  */
            deps_changed |= d->changed;
          }

        /* Set D->changed if either this dep actually changed,
           or its dependent, FILE, is older or does not exist.  */
        d->changed |= noexist || d_mtime > this_mtime;

        if (!noexist && ISDB (DB_BASIC|DB_VERBOSE))
          {
            const char *fmt = 0;

            if (d->ignore_mtime)
              {
                if (ISDB (DB_VERBOSE))
                  fmt = _("Prerequisite `%s' is order-only for target `%s'.\n");
              }
            else if (d_mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME)
              {
                if (ISDB (DB_BASIC))
                  fmt = _("Prerequisite `%s' of target `%s' does not exist.\n");
              }
            else if (d->changed)
              {
                if (ISDB (DB_BASIC))
                  fmt = _("Prerequisite `%s' is newer than target `%s'.\n");
              }
            else if (ISDB (DB_VERBOSE))
              fmt = _("Prerequisite `%s' is older than target `%s'.\n");

            if (fmt)
              {
                print_spaces (depth);
                printf (fmt, dep_name (d), file->name);
                fflush (stdout);
              }
          }
      }

  /* Here depth returns to the value it had when we were called.  */
  depth--;

  if (file->double_colon && file->deps == 0)
    {
      must_make = 1;
      DBF (DB_BASIC,
           _("Target `%s' is double-colon and has no prerequisites.\n"));
    }
  else if (!noexist && file->is_target && !deps_changed && file->cmds == 0
           && !always_make_flag)
    {
      must_make = 0;
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE,
           _("No recipe for `%s' and no prerequisites actually changed.\n"));
    }
  else if (!must_make && file->cmds != 0 && always_make_flag)
    {
      must_make = 1;
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Making `%s' due to always-make flag.\n"));
    }

  if (!must_make)
    {
      if (ISDB (DB_VERBOSE))
        {
          print_spaces (depth);
          printf (_("No need to remake target `%s'"), file->name);
          if (!streq (file->name, file->hname))
              printf (_("; using VPATH name `%s'"), file->hname);
          puts (".");
          fflush (stdout);
        }

      notice_finished_file (file);

      /* Since we don't need to remake the file, convert it to use the
         VPATH filename if we found one.  hfile will be either the
         local name if no VPATH or the VPATH name if one was found.  */

      while (file)
        {
          file->name = file->hname;
          file = file->prev;
        }

      return 0;
    }

  DBF (DB_BASIC, _("Must remake target `%s'.\n"));

  /* It needs to be remade.  If it's VPATH and not reset via GPATH, toss the
     VPATH.  */
  if (!streq(file->name, file->hname))
    {
      DB (DB_BASIC, (_("  Ignoring VPATH name `%s'.\n"), file->hname));
      file->ignore_vpath = 1;
    }

  /* Now, take appropriate actions to remake the file.  */
  remake_file (file);

  if (file->command_state != cs_finished)
    {
      DBF (DB_VERBOSE, _("Recipe of `%s' is being run.\n"));
      return 0;
    }

  switch (file->update_status)
    {
    case 2:
      DBF (DB_BASIC, _("Failed to remake target file `%s'.\n"));
      break;
    case 0:
      DBF (DB_BASIC, _("Successfully remade target file `%s'.\n"));
      break;
    case 1:
      DBF (DB_BASIC, _("Target file `%s' needs remade under -q.\n"));
      break;
    default:
      assert (file->update_status >= 0 && file->update_status <= 2);
      break;
    }

  file->updated = 1;
  return file->update_status;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_DOT_MUST_MAKE


/* Consider the .MUST_MAKE target variable if present.

   Returns 1 if must remake, 0 if not.

   The deal is that .MUST_MAKE returns non-zero if it thinks the target needs
   updating.  We have to initialize file variables (for the sake of pattern
   vars) and set the most important file variables before calling (expanding)
   the .MUST_MAKE variable.

   The file variables keeping the dependency lists, $+, $^, $? and $| are not
   available at this point because $? depends on things happening after we've
   decided to make the file.  So, to keep things simple all 4 of them are
   undefined in this call.  */
static int
call_must_make_target_var (struct file *file)
{
  struct variable *var;
  unsigned char ch;
  const char *str;

  if (file->variables)
    {
      var = lookup_variable_in_set (".MUST_MAKE", sizeof (".MUST_MAKE") - 1,
                                    file->variables->set);
      if (var)
        {
          initialize_file_variables (file, 0);
          set_file_variables (file, 1 /* called early, no dep lists please */);

          str = variable_expand_for_file_2 (NULL,
                                            var->value, var->value_length,
                                            file, NULL);

          /* stripped string should be non-zero.  */
          do
            ch = *str++;
          while (isspace (ch));

          return (ch != '\0');
        }
    }
  return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_WITH_DOT_MUST_MAKE */


/* Set FILE's `updated' flag and re-check its mtime and the mtime's of all
   files listed in its `also_make' member.  Under -t, this function also
   touches FILE.

   On return, FILE->update_status will no longer be -1 if it was.  */

void
notice_finished_file (struct file *file)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  struct file *f2;
#endif
  struct dep *d;
  int ran = file->command_state == cs_running;
  int touched = 0;
  DB (DB_JOBS, (_("notice_finished_file - entering: file=%p `%s' update_status=%d command_state=%d\n"), /* bird */
                  (void *) file, file->name, file->update_status, file->command_state));

  file->command_state = cs_finished;
  file->updated = 1;
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  if (file->multi_head)
    {
      assert (file == file->multi_head);
      for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
        {
          f2->command_state = cs_finished;
          f2->updated = 1;
        }
    }
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXTENDED_NOTPARALLEL
  /* update not_parallel if the file was flagged for that. */
  if (   ran
      && (file->command_flags & (COMMANDS_NOTPARALLEL | COMMANDS_NO_COMMANDS))
         == COMMANDS_NOTPARALLEL)
    {
      DB (DB_KMK, (_("not_parallel %d -> %d (file=%p `%s') [notice_finished_file]\n"), not_parallel,
                   not_parallel - 1, (void *) file, file->name));
      assert(not_parallel >= 1);
      --not_parallel;
    }
#endif

  if (touch_flag
      /* The update status will be:
                -1      if this target was not remade;
                0       if 0 or more commands (+ or ${MAKE}) were run and won;
                1       if some commands were run and lost.
         We touch the target if it has commands which either were not run
         or won when they ran (i.e. status is 0).  */
      && file->update_status == 0)
    {
      if (file->cmds != 0 && file->cmds->any_recurse)
        {
          /* If all the command lines were recursive,
             we don't want to do the touching.  */
          unsigned int i;
          for (i = 0; i < file->cmds->ncommand_lines; ++i)
            if (!(file->cmds->lines_flags[i] & COMMANDS_RECURSE))
              goto have_nonrecursing;
        }
      else
        {
        have_nonrecursing:
          if (file->phony)
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
            {
              file->update_status = 0;
              if (file->multi_head)
                for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
                  f2->update_status = 0;
            }
#else
            file->update_status = 0;
#endif
          /* According to POSIX, -t doesn't affect targets with no cmds.  */
          else if (file->cmds != 0)
            {
              /* Should set file's modification date and do nothing else.  */
              file->update_status = touch_file (file);
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
              if (file->multi_head)
                for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
                  {
                    /* figure out this, touch if it exist ignore otherwise? */
                  }
#endif

              /* Pretend we ran a real touch command, to suppress the
                 "`foo' is up to date" message.  */
              commands_started++;

              /* Request for the timestamp to be updated (and distributed
                 to the double-colon entries). Simply setting ran=1 would
                 almost have done the trick, but messes up with the also_make
                 updating logic below.  */
              touched = 1;
            }
        }
    }

  if (file->mtime_before_update == UNKNOWN_MTIME)
    file->mtime_before_update = file->last_mtime;
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  if (file->multi_head)
    for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
      if (f2->mtime_before_update == UNKNOWN_MTIME)
        f2->mtime_before_update = f2->last_mtime;
#endif

  if ((ran && !file->phony) || touched)
    {
      int i = 0;

      /* If -n, -t, or -q and all the commands are recursive, we ran them so
         really check the target's mtime again.  Otherwise, assume the target
         would have been updated. */

      if (question_flag || just_print_flag || touch_flag)
        {
          for (i = file->cmds->ncommand_lines; i > 0; --i)
            if (! (file->cmds->lines_flags[i-1] & COMMANDS_RECURSE))
              break;
        }

      /* If there were no commands at all, it's always new. */

      else if (file->is_target && file->cmds == 0)
        i = 1;

      file->last_mtime = i == 0 ? UNKNOWN_MTIME : NEW_MTIME;
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
      if (file->multi_head)
        for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
          file->last_mtime = i == 0 ? UNKNOWN_MTIME : NEW_MTIME; /*??*/
#endif
    }

  if (file->double_colon)
    {
      /* If this is a double colon rule and it is the last one to be
         updated, propagate the change of modification time to all the
         double-colon entries for this file.

         We do it on the last update because it is important to handle
         individual entries as separate rules with separate timestamps
         while they are treated as targets and then as one rule with the
         unified timestamp when they are considered as a prerequisite
         of some target.  */

      struct file *f;
      FILE_TIMESTAMP max_mtime = file->last_mtime;

      /* Check that all rules were updated and at the same time find
         the max timestamp.  We assume UNKNOWN_MTIME is newer then
         any other value.  */
      for (f = file->double_colon; f != 0 && f->updated; f = f->prev)
        if (max_mtime != UNKNOWN_MTIME
            && (f->last_mtime == UNKNOWN_MTIME || f->last_mtime > max_mtime))
          max_mtime = f->last_mtime;

      if (f == 0)
        for (f = file->double_colon; f != 0; f = f->prev)
          f->last_mtime = max_mtime;
    }

  if (ran && file->update_status != -1)
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
    {
#endif
      /* We actually tried to update FILE, which has
         updated its also_make's as well (if it worked).
         If it didn't work, it wouldn't work again for them.
         So mark them as updated with the same status.  */
      for (d = file->also_make; d != 0; d = d->next)
        {
          d->file->command_state = cs_finished;
          d->file->updated = 1;
          d->file->update_status = file->update_status;

          if (ran && !d->file->phony)
            /* Fetch the new modification time.
               We do this instead of just invalidating the cached time
               so that a vpath_search can happen.  Otherwise, it would
               never be done because the target is already updated.  */
            f_mtime (d->file, 0);
        }
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
      /* Same as above but for explicit multi target rules. */
      if (file->multi_head)
        for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
          {
            f2->update_status = file->update_status;
            if (!f2->phony)
              f_mtime (f2, 0);
          }
    }
#endif
  else if (file->update_status == -1)
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
    {
      /* Nothing was done for FILE, but it needed nothing done.
         So mark it now as "succeeded".  */
      file->update_status = 0;
      if (file->multi_head)
        for (f2 = file->multi_next; f2 != 0; f2 = f2->multi_next)
          f2->update_status = 0;
    }
#else
    /* Nothing was done for FILE, but it needed nothing done.
       So mark it now as "succeeded".  */
    file->update_status = 0;
#endif
}


/* Check whether another file (whose mtime is THIS_MTIME) needs updating on
   account of a dependency which is file FILE.  If it does, store 1 in
   *MUST_MAKE_PTR.  In the process, update any non-intermediate files that
   FILE depends on (including FILE itself).  Return nonzero if any updating
   failed.  */

static int
check_dep (struct file *file, unsigned int depth,
           FILE_TIMESTAMP this_mtime, int *must_make_ptr)
{
  struct dep *d;
  int dep_status = 0;

  ++depth;
  start_updating (file);

  if (file->phony || !file->intermediate)
    {
      /* If this is a non-intermediate file, update it and record whether it
         is newer than THIS_MTIME.  */
      FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime;
      dep_status = update_file (file, depth);
      check_renamed (file);
      mtime = file_mtime (file);
      check_renamed (file);
      if (mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME || mtime > this_mtime)
        *must_make_ptr = 1;
    }
  else
    {
      /* FILE is an intermediate file.  */
      FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime;

      if (!file->phony && file->cmds == 0 && !file->tried_implicit)
        {
          if (try_implicit_rule (file, depth))
            DBF (DB_IMPLICIT, _("Found an implicit rule for `%s'.\n"));
          else
            DBF (DB_IMPLICIT, _("No implicit rule found for `%s'.\n"));
          file->tried_implicit = 1;
        }
      if (file->cmds == 0 && !file->is_target
          && default_file != 0 && default_file->cmds != 0)
        {
          DBF (DB_IMPLICIT, _("Using default commands for `%s'.\n"));
          file->cmds = default_file->cmds;
        }

      check_renamed (file);
      mtime = file_mtime (file);
      check_renamed (file);
      if (mtime != NONEXISTENT_MTIME && mtime > this_mtime)
        /* If the intermediate file actually exists and is newer, then we
           should remake from it.  */
        *must_make_ptr = 1;
      else
        {
          /* Otherwise, update all non-intermediate files we depend on, if
             necessary, and see whether any of them is more recent than the
             file on whose behalf we are checking.  */
          struct dep *lastd;
          int deps_running = 0;

          /* Reset this target's state so that we check it fresh.  It could be
             that it's already been checked as part of an order-only
             prerequisite and so wasn't rebuilt then, but should be now.

             bird: What if we're already running the recipe?  We don't wish
                   it to be started once again do we?  This happens with the
                   SECONDARY Test #9 here now... If the idea is to re-evaluate
                   the target regardless of whether it's running or no, then
                   perhaps saving and restoring is a better idea?
                   See bug #15919.  */
          if (file->command_state != cs_running) /* bird */
            set_command_state (file, cs_not_started);

          lastd = 0;
          d = file->deps;
          while (d != 0)
            {
              int maybe_make;

              if (is_updating (d->file))
                {
                  error (NILF, _("Circular %s <- %s dependency dropped."),
                         file->name, d->file->name);
                  if (lastd == 0)
                    {
                      file->deps = d->next;
                      free_dep (d);
                      d = file->deps;
                    }
                  else
                    {
                      lastd->next = d->next;
                      free_dep (d);
                      d = lastd->next;
                    }
                  continue;
                }

              d->file->parent = file;
              maybe_make = *must_make_ptr;
              dep_status |= check_dep (d->file, depth, this_mtime,
                                       &maybe_make);
              if (! d->ignore_mtime)
                *must_make_ptr = maybe_make;
              check_renamed (d->file);
              if (dep_status != 0 && !keep_going_flag)
                break;

              if (d->file->command_state == cs_running
                  || d->file->command_state == cs_deps_running)
                deps_running = 1;

              lastd = d;
              d = d->next;
            }

          if (deps_running)
            /* Record that some of FILE's deps are still being made.
               This tells the upper levels to wait on processing it until the
               commands are finished.  */
            set_command_state (file, cs_deps_running);
        }
    }

  finish_updating (file);
  return dep_status;
}


/* Touch FILE.  Return zero if successful, one if not.  */

#define TOUCH_ERROR(call) return (perror_with_name (call, file->name), 1)

static int
touch_file (struct file *file)
{
  if (!silent_flag)
    message (0, "touch %s", file->name);

#ifndef NO_ARCHIVES
  if (ar_name (file->name))
    return ar_touch (file->name);
  else
#endif
    {
      int fd = open (file->name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0666);

      if (fd < 0)
        TOUCH_ERROR ("touch: open: ");
      else
        {
          struct stat statbuf;
          char buf = 'x';
          int e;

          EINTRLOOP (e, fstat (fd, &statbuf));
          if (e < 0)
            TOUCH_ERROR ("touch: fstat: ");
          /* Rewrite character 0 same as it already is.  */
          if (read (fd, &buf, 1) < 0)
            TOUCH_ERROR ("touch: read: ");
          if (lseek (fd, 0L, 0) < 0L)
            TOUCH_ERROR ("touch: lseek: ");
          if (write (fd, &buf, 1) < 0)
            TOUCH_ERROR ("touch: write: ");
          /* If file length was 0, we just
             changed it, so change it back.  */
          if (statbuf.st_size == 0)
            {
              (void) close (fd);
              fd = open (file->name, O_RDWR | O_TRUNC, 0666);
              if (fd < 0)
                TOUCH_ERROR ("touch: open: ");
            }
          (void) close (fd);
        }
    }

  return 0;
}


/* Having checked and updated the dependencies of FILE,
   do whatever is appropriate to remake FILE itself.
   Return the status from executing FILE's commands.  */

static void
remake_file (struct file *file)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_WITH_EXPLICIT_MULTITARGET
  assert(file->multi_head == NULL || file->multi_head == file);
#endif

  if (file->cmds == 0)
    {
      if (file->phony)
        /* Phony target.  Pretend it succeeded.  */
        file->update_status = 0;
      else if (file->is_target)
        /* This is a nonexistent target file we cannot make.
           Pretend it was successfully remade.  */
        file->update_status = 0;
      else
        {
          /* This is a dependency file we cannot remake.  Fail.  */
          if (!rebuilding_makefiles || !file->dontcare)
            complain (file);
          file->update_status = 2;
        }
    }
  else
    {
      chop_commands (file->cmds);

      /* The normal case: start some commands.  */
      if (!touch_flag || file->cmds->any_recurse)
        {
          execute_file_commands (file);
          return;
        }

      /* This tells notice_finished_file it is ok to touch the file.  */
      file->update_status = 0;
    }

  /* This does the touching under -t.  */
  notice_finished_file (file);
}


/* Return the mtime of a file, given a `struct file'.
   Caches the time in the struct file to avoid excess stat calls.

   If the file is not found, and SEARCH is nonzero, VPATH searching and
   replacement is done.  If that fails, a library (-lLIBNAME) is tried and
   the library's actual name (/lib/libLIBNAME.a, etc.) is substituted into
   FILE.  */

FILE_TIMESTAMP
f_mtime (struct file *file, int search)
{
  FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime;

  /* File's mtime is not known; must get it from the system.  */

#ifndef NO_ARCHIVES
  if (ar_name (file->name))
    {
      /* This file is an archive-member reference.  */

      char *arname, *memname;
      struct file *arfile;
      time_t member_date;

      /* Find the archive's name.  */
      ar_parse_name (file->name, &arname, &memname);

      /* Find the modification time of the archive itself.
         Also allow for its name to be changed via VPATH search.  */
      arfile = lookup_file (arname);
      if (arfile == 0)
        arfile = enter_file (strcache_add (arname));
      mtime = f_mtime (arfile, search);
      check_renamed (arfile);
      if (search && strcmp (arfile->hname, arname))
        {
          /* The archive's name has changed.
             Change the archive-member reference accordingly.  */

          char *name;
          unsigned int arlen, memlen;

          arlen = strlen (arfile->hname);
          memlen = strlen (memname);

          name = xmalloc (arlen + 1 + memlen + 2);
          memcpy (name, arfile->hname, arlen);
          name[arlen] = '(';
          memcpy (name + arlen + 1, memname, memlen);
          name[arlen + 1 + memlen] = ')';
          name[arlen + 1 + memlen + 1] = '\0';

          /* If the archive was found with GPATH, make the change permanent;
             otherwise defer it until later.  */
          if (arfile->name == arfile->hname)
            rename_file (file, name);
          else
            rehash_file (file, name);
          check_renamed (file);
        }

      free (arname);

      file->low_resolution_time = 1;

      if (mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME)
        /* The archive doesn't exist, so its members don't exist either.  */
        return NONEXISTENT_MTIME;

      member_date = ar_member_date (file->hname);
      mtime = (member_date == (time_t) -1
               ? NONEXISTENT_MTIME
               : file_timestamp_cons (file->hname, member_date, 0));
    }
  else
#endif
    {
      mtime = name_mtime (file->name);

      if (mtime == NONEXISTENT_MTIME && search && !file->ignore_vpath)
        {
          /* If name_mtime failed, search VPATH.  */
          const char *name = vpath_search (file->name, &mtime);
          if (name
              /* Last resort, is it a library (-lxxx)?  */
              || (file->name[0] == '-' && file->name[1] == 'l'
                  && (name = library_search (file->name, &mtime)) != 0))
            {
              if (mtime != UNKNOWN_MTIME)
                /* vpath_search and library_search store UNKNOWN_MTIME
                   if they didn't need to do a stat call for their work.  */
                file->last_mtime = mtime;

              /* If we found it in VPATH, see if it's in GPATH too; if so,
                 change the name right now; if not, defer until after the
                 dependencies are updated. */
              if (gpath_search (name, strlen(name) - strlen(file->name) - 1))
                {
                  rename_file (file, name);
                  check_renamed (file);
                  return file_mtime (file);
                }

              rehash_file (file, name);
              check_renamed (file);
              /* If the result of a vpath search is -o or -W, preserve it.
                 Otherwise, find the mtime of the resulting file.  */
              if (mtime != OLD_MTIME && mtime != NEW_MTIME)
                mtime = name_mtime (name);
            }
        }
    }

  /* Files can have bogus timestamps that nothing newly made will be
     "newer" than.  Updating their dependents could just result in loops.
     So notify the user of the anomaly with a warning.

     We only need to do this once, for now. */

  if (!clock_skew_detected
      && mtime != NONEXISTENT_MTIME && mtime != NEW_MTIME
      && !file->updated)
    {
      static FILE_TIMESTAMP adjusted_now;

      FILE_TIMESTAMP adjusted_mtime = mtime;

#if defined(WINDOWS32) || defined(__MSDOS__)
      /* Experimentation has shown that FAT filesystems can set file times
         up to 3 seconds into the future!  Play it safe.  */

#define FAT_ADJ_OFFSET  (FILE_TIMESTAMP) 3

      FILE_TIMESTAMP adjustment = FAT_ADJ_OFFSET << FILE_TIMESTAMP_LO_BITS;
      if (ORDINARY_MTIME_MIN + adjustment <= adjusted_mtime)
        adjusted_mtime -= adjustment;
#elif defined(__EMX__)
      /* FAT filesystems round time to the nearest even second!
         Allow for any file (NTFS or FAT) to perhaps suffer from this
         brain damage.  */
      FILE_TIMESTAMP adjustment = (((FILE_TIMESTAMP_S (adjusted_mtime) & 1) == 0
                     && FILE_TIMESTAMP_NS (adjusted_mtime) == 0)
                    ? (FILE_TIMESTAMP) 1 << FILE_TIMESTAMP_LO_BITS
                    : 0);
#endif

      /* If the file's time appears to be in the future, update our
         concept of the present and try once more.  */
      if (adjusted_now < adjusted_mtime)
        {
          int resolution;
          FILE_TIMESTAMP now = file_timestamp_now (&resolution);
          adjusted_now = now + (resolution - 1);
          if (adjusted_now < adjusted_mtime)
            {
#ifdef NO_FLOAT
              error (NILF, _("Warning: File `%s' has modification time in the future"),
                     file->name);
#else
              double from_now =
                (FILE_TIMESTAMP_S (mtime) - FILE_TIMESTAMP_S (now)
                 + ((FILE_TIMESTAMP_NS (mtime) - FILE_TIMESTAMP_NS (now))
                    / 1e9));
              char from_now_string[100];

              if (from_now >= 99 && from_now <= ULONG_MAX)
                sprintf (from_now_string, "%lu", (unsigned long) from_now);
              else
                sprintf (from_now_string, "%.2g", from_now);
              error (NILF, _("Warning: File `%s' has modification time %s s in the future"),
                     file->name, from_now_string);
#endif
              clock_skew_detected = 1;
            }
        }
    }

  /* Store the mtime into all the entries for this file.  */
  if (file->double_colon)
    file = file->double_colon;

  do
    {
      /* If this file is not implicit but it is intermediate then it was
         made so by the .INTERMEDIATE target.  If this file has never
         been built by us but was found now, it existed before make
         started.  So, turn off the intermediate bit so make doesn't
         delete it, since it didn't create it.  */
      if (mtime != NONEXISTENT_MTIME && file->command_state == cs_not_started
          && file->command_state == cs_not_started
          && !file->tried_implicit && file->intermediate)
        file->intermediate = 0;

      file->last_mtime = mtime;
      file = file->prev;
    }
  while (file != 0);

  return mtime;
}


/* Return the mtime of the file or archive-member reference NAME.  */

/* First, we check with stat().  If the file does not exist, then we return
   NONEXISTENT_MTIME.  If it does, and the symlink check flag is set, then
   examine each indirection of the symlink and find the newest mtime.
   This causes one duplicate stat() when -L is being used, but the code is
   much cleaner.  */

static FILE_TIMESTAMP
name_mtime (const char *name)
{
  FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime;
  struct stat st;
  int e;

  EINTRLOOP (e, stat (name, &st));
  if (e == 0)
    mtime = FILE_TIMESTAMP_STAT_MODTIME (name, st);
  else if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
    mtime = NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
  else
    {
      perror_with_name ("stat: ", name);
      return NONEXISTENT_MTIME;
    }

  /* If we get here we either found it, or it doesn't exist.
     If it doesn't exist see if we can use a symlink mtime instead.  */

#ifdef MAKE_SYMLINKS
#ifndef S_ISLNK
# define S_ISLNK(_m)     (((_m)&S_IFMT)==S_IFLNK)
#endif
  if (check_symlink_flag)
    {
      PATH_VAR (lpath);

      /* Check each symbolic link segment (if any).  Find the latest mtime
         amongst all of them (and the target file of course).
         Note that we have already successfully dereferenced all the links
         above.  So, if we run into any error trying to lstat(), or
         readlink(), or whatever, something bizarre-o happened.  Just give up
         and use whatever mtime we've already computed at that point.  */
      strcpy (lpath, name);
      while (1)
        {
          FILE_TIMESTAMP ltime;
          PATH_VAR (lbuf);
          long llen;
          char *p;

          EINTRLOOP (e, lstat (lpath, &st));
          if (e)
            {
              /* Just take what we have so far.  */
              if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
                perror_with_name ("lstat: ", lpath);
              break;
            }

          /* If this is not a symlink, we're done (we started with the real
             file's mtime so we don't need to test it again).  */
          if (!S_ISLNK (st.st_mode))
            break;

          /* If this mtime is newer than what we had, keep the new one.  */
          ltime = FILE_TIMESTAMP_STAT_MODTIME (lpath, st);
          if (ltime > mtime)
            mtime = ltime;

          /* Set up to check the file pointed to by this link.  */
          EINTRLOOP (llen, readlink (lpath, lbuf, GET_PATH_MAX));
          if (llen < 0)
            {
              /* Eh?  Just take what we have.  */
              perror_with_name ("readlink: ", lpath);
              break;
            }
          lbuf[llen] = '\0';

          /* If the target is fully-qualified or the source is just a
             filename, then the new path is the target.  Otherwise it's the
             source directory plus the target.  */
          if (lbuf[0] == '/' || (p = strrchr (lpath, '/')) == NULL)
            strcpy (lpath, lbuf);
          else if ((p - lpath) + llen + 2 > GET_PATH_MAX)
            /* Eh?  Path too long!  Again, just go with what we have.  */
            break;
          else
            /* Create the next step in the symlink chain.  */
            strcpy (p+1, lbuf);
        }
    }
#endif

  return mtime;
}


/* Search for a library file specified as -lLIBNAME, searching for a
   suitable library file in the system library directories and the VPATH
   directories.  */

static const char *
library_search (const char *lib, FILE_TIMESTAMP *mtime_ptr)
{
  static char *dirs[] =
    {
#ifdef KMK
      ".",
#else /* !KMK */
#ifndef _AMIGA
      "/lib",
      "/usr/lib",
#endif
#if defined(WINDOWS32) && !defined(LIBDIR)
/*
 * This is completely up to the user at product install time. Just define
 * a placeholder.
 */
#define LIBDIR "."
#endif
# ifdef LIBDIR      /* bird */
      LIBDIR,                   /* Defined by configuration.  */
# else              /* bird */
      ".",          /* bird */
# endif             /* bird */
#endif /* !KMK */
      0
    };

  static char *libpatterns = NULL;

  const char *libname = lib+2;  /* Name without the '-l'.  */
  FILE_TIMESTAMP mtime;

  /* Loop variables for the libpatterns value.  */
  char *p;
  const char *p2;
  unsigned int len;

  char **dp;

  /* If we don't have libpatterns, get it.  */
  if (!libpatterns)
    {
      int save = warn_undefined_variables_flag;
      warn_undefined_variables_flag = 0;

      libpatterns = xstrdup (variable_expand ("$(strip $(.LIBPATTERNS))"));

      warn_undefined_variables_flag = save;
    }

  /* Loop through all the patterns in .LIBPATTERNS, and search on each one.  */
  p2 = libpatterns;
  while ((p = find_next_token (&p2, &len)) != 0)
    {
      static char *buf = NULL;
      static unsigned int buflen = 0;
      static int libdir_maxlen = -1;
      char *libbuf = variable_expand ("");
      const size_t libbuf_offset = libbuf - variable_buffer; /* bird */

      /* Expand the pattern using LIBNAME as a replacement.  */
      {
        char c = p[len];
        char *p3, *p4;

        p[len] = '\0';
        p3 = find_percent (p);
        if (!p3)
          {
            /* Give a warning if there is no pattern, then remove the
               pattern so it's ignored next time.  */
            error (NILF, _(".LIBPATTERNS element `%s' is not a pattern"), p);
            for (; len; --len, ++p)
              *p = ' ';
            *p = c;
            continue;
          }
        p4 = variable_buffer_output (libbuf, p, p3-p);
        p4 = variable_buffer_output (p4, libname, strlen (libname));
        p4 = variable_buffer_output (p4, p3+1, len - (p3-p));
        p[len] = c;
        libbuf = variable_buffer + libbuf_offset; /* bird - variable_buffer may have been reallocated. */
      }

      /* Look first for `libNAME.a' in the current directory.  */
      mtime = name_mtime (libbuf);
      if (mtime != NONEXISTENT_MTIME)
        {
          if (mtime_ptr != 0)
            *mtime_ptr = mtime;
          return strcache_add (libbuf);
        }

      /* Now try VPATH search on that.  */

      {
        const char *file = vpath_search (libbuf, mtime_ptr);
        if (file)
          return file;
      }

      /* Now try the standard set of directories.  */

      if (!buflen)
        {
          for (dp = dirs; *dp != 0; ++dp)
            {
              int l = strlen (*dp);
              if (l > libdir_maxlen)
                libdir_maxlen = l;
            }
          buflen = strlen (libbuf);
          buf = xmalloc(libdir_maxlen + buflen + 2);
        }
      else if (buflen < strlen (libbuf))
        {
          buflen = strlen (libbuf);
          buf = xrealloc (buf, libdir_maxlen + buflen + 2);
        }

      for (dp = dirs; *dp != 0; ++dp)
        {
          sprintf (buf, "%s/%s", *dp, libbuf);
          mtime = name_mtime (buf);
          if (mtime != NONEXISTENT_MTIME)
            {
              if (mtime_ptr != 0)
                *mtime_ptr = mtime;
              return strcache_add (buf);
            }
        }
    }

  return 0;
}