From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 04:11:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Change the NASM environment variable to NASMOPT.
X-Git-Tag: nasm-2.11.05~2483
X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=53ea605b4d3f387bc92ed0200e23e192ab9562f1;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fnasm.git

Change the NASM environment variable to NASMOPT.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 511b14e..f207cd1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 2002-05-03  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
+   * (nasm.c): Change the NASM environment variable to NASMOPT.
+
+2002-05-03  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    * (Makefile.in Mkfiles/*): use new version -> version.{h,mac}.
    * (macros.pl): support multiple input files (standard.mac, version.mac).
    * (standard.mac): use an explicit delimiter to end the TASM macros.
diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src
index d588df7..7ef413a 100644
--- a/doc/nasmdoc.src
+++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ to search for the file \c{foobar.i}...)
 
 If you want to define a \e{standard} \i{include search path},
 similar to \c{/usr/include} on Unix systems, you should place one or
-more \c{-i} directives in the \c{NASM} environment variable (see
+more \c{-i} directives in the \c{NASMOPT} environment variable (see
 \k{nasmenv}).
 
 For Makefile compatibility with many C compilers, this option can also
@@ -762,13 +762,13 @@ and the date on which it was compiled.
 You will need the version number if you report a bug.
 
 
-\S{nasmenv} The \c{NASM} \i{Environment} Variable
+\S{nasmenv} The \c{NASMOPT} \i{Environment} Variable
 
-If you define an environment variable called \c{NASM}, the program
+If you define an environment variable called \c{NASMOPT}, the program
 will interpret it as a list of extra command-line options, which are
 processed before the real command line. You can use this to define
 standard search directories for include files, by putting \c{-i}
-options in the \c{NASM} variable.
+options in the \c{NASMOPT} variable.
 
 The value of the variable is split up at white space, so that the
 value \c{-s -ic:\\nasmlib} will be treated as two separate options.
@@ -778,12 +778,15 @@ NASM command-line processing will get confused by the two
 nonsensical words \c{-dNAME="my} and \c{name"}.
 
 To get round this, NASM provides a feature whereby, if you begin the
-\c{NASM} environment variable with some character that isn't a minus
+\c{NASMOPT} environment variable with some character that isn't a minus
 sign, then NASM will treat this character as the \i{separator
-character} for options. So setting the \c{NASM} variable to the
+character} for options. So setting the \c{NASMOPT} variable to the
 value \c{!-s!-ic:\\nasmlib} is equivalent to setting it to \c{-s
 -ic:\\nasmlib}, but \c{!-dNAME="my name"} will work.
 
+This variable was called \c{NASM} in earlier versions of NASM,
+however, this caused problems with makefiles which used a \c{$(NASM)}
+variable.
 
 \H{qstart} \i{Quick Start} for \i{MASM} Users
 
@@ -5655,7 +5658,7 @@ it.
 
 \b Which version of NASM you're using, and exactly how you invoked
 it. Give us the precise command line, and the contents of the
-\c{NASM} environment variable if any.
+\c{NASMOPT} environment variable if any.
 
 \b Which versions of any supplementary programs you're using, and
 how you invoked them. If the problem only becomes visible at link
diff --git a/nasm.c b/nasm.c
index a0446d8..266b4ee 100644
--- a/nasm.c
+++ b/nasm.c
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ static void parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv)
     *inname = *outname = *listname = '\0';
 
     /*
-     * First, process the NASM environment variable.
+     * First, process the NASMOPT environment variable.
      */
-    envreal = getenv("NASM");
+    envreal = getenv("NASMOPT");
     arg = NULL;
     if (envreal) {
 	envcopy = nasm_strdup(envreal);