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+# $NetBSD: dep-var.mk,v 1.1 2020/08/22 16:51:26 rillig Exp $
+#
+# Tests for variable references in dependency declarations.
+#
+# Uh oh, this feels so strange that probably nobody uses it. But it seems to
+# be the only way to reach the lower half of SuffExpandChildren.
+
+# XXX: The -dv log says:
+#	Var_Parse: ${UNDEF1} with VARE_UNDEFERR|VARE_WANTRES
+# but no error message is generated for this line.
+# The variable expression ${UNDEF1} simply expands to an empty string.
+all: ${UNDEF1}
+
+# Using a double dollar in order to circumvent immediate variable expansion
+# feels like unintended behavior.  At least the manual page says nothing at
+# all about defined or undefined variables in dependency lines.
+#
+# At the point where the expression ${DEF2} is expanded, the variable DEF2
+# is defined, so everything's fine.
+all: $${DEF2}
+
+# This variable is not defined at all.
+# XXX: The -dv log says:
+#	Var_Parse: ${UNDEF3} with VARE_UNDEFERR|VARE_WANTRES
+# but no error message is generated for this line, just like for UNDEF1.
+# The variable expression ${UNDEF3} simply expands to an empty string.
+all: $${UNDEF3}
+
+UNDEF1=	undef1
+DEF2=	def2
+
+undef1 def2:
+	@echo ${.TARGET}