1 files changed, 51 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/unit-tests/varname-dot-path.mk b/unit-tests/varname-dot-path.mk
index 8f4e3a5dcfa4..85a6f264eb5a 100644
--- a/unit-tests/varname-dot-path.mk
+++ b/unit-tests/varname-dot-path.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,56 @@
-# $NetBSD: varname-dot-path.mk,v 1.2 2020/08/16 14:25:16 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: varname-dot-path.mk,v 1.3 2020/10/02 18:46:54 rillig Exp $
 #
-# Tests for the special .PATH variable.
+# Tests for the special .PATH variable, which TODO: describe the purpose.
 
-# TODO: Implementation
+_!=	mkdir -p varname-dot-path.d
+
+# By default, .PATH consists of "." and .CURDIR.
+# XXX: Why both? Shouldn't they have the same effect?
+.if ${.PATH} != ". ${.CURDIR}"
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+# The special target .PATH adds a directory to the path.
+.PATH: /
+.if ${.PATH} != ". ${.CURDIR} /"
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+# Only existing directories are added to the path, the others are ignored.
+.PATH: /nonexistent
+.if ${.PATH} != ". ${.CURDIR} /"
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+# Only directories are added to the path, not regular files.
+.PATH: ${.PARSEDIR}/${.PARSEFILE}
+.if ${.PATH} != ". ${.CURDIR} /"
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+# Relative directories can be added as well.
+# Each directory is only added once to the path.
+.PATH: varname-dot-path.d /
+.if ${.PATH} != ". ${.CURDIR} / varname-dot-path.d"
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+# The pathnames are not normalized before being added to the path.
+.PATH: ./.
+.if ${.PATH} != ". ${.CURDIR} / varname-dot-path.d ./."
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+# The two default entries can be placed at the back of the path,
+# by adding the special entry ".DOTLAST" somewhere in the path.
+# The entry .DOTLAST, if any, is listed in the path, always at the
+# very beginning, to make this magic less surprising.
+.PATH: .DOTLAST
+.if ${.PATH} != ".DOTLAST / varname-dot-path.d ./. . ${.CURDIR}"
+.  error ${.PATH}
+.endif
+
+_!=	rmdir varname-dot-path.d
 
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