I do not understand what you want to acchieve.
-include X
X is optional
include X
X MUST be present -> else error
so why the wildcard if 'include' without - does the same ???
W
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 17:02, Mike Gibson wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 December 2003 07:22 am, Noel Yap wrote:
> > I'm trying to emulate "include" with the following:
> >
> > aoeu.mk:
> > touch $@
>
> This rule won't be executed until the makefile is completely parsed.
>
> > -include aoeu.mk
> >
> > ifeq ($(wildcard aoeu.mk),)
> > $(error aoeu.mk: No such file or directory)
> > endif
>
> This part gets executed as the makefile is being parsed.
>
> So the rule never has a chance to fire since the ifeq gets parsed first.
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > but it's the error gets emitted all the time. Is there a way to do what
> > I want?
> >
> > I'm starting to think I'm going to need the "re-exec count" feature in
> > order to do this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Noel
>
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