Aha! I didn't realize that the -include was an actual Makefile directive, not just a commandline option. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for (unintentionally, I guess) clearing it up. :)
I don't have any rules to make this file: it's just a build environment configuration file, but thanks for the suggestion. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Kegel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:55 PM To: Paul D. Smith Cc: Rahul Jain; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: non-mandatory makefile include Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% Rahul Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > rj> I'd like to add an include line to a makefile that doesn't cause the > rj> process to fail if the file does not exist. I'd like to not create a > rj> blank file, if possible. Any sugggestions for acheiving this goal are > rj> appreciated. > > Try "-include". > > See the GNU make manual. And furthermore, you might want to make an optional non-mandatory include to keep from building those include files if not really needed for the current target, e.g. ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean) -include $(deps) endif - Dan "I learned it just this week so everyone must want to know it" Kegel _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
