Cristian Zoicas wrote: > Solution 2 (is this the correct one ?) > -------------------------------------- > > To put the following statments in the file Makefile.mak before the > statment including "generated.mak" > > ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),main_target) > > include print_start_message > > print_start_message: > > echo "Makefile executed at" `date` > build.log > > endif > > when "Makefile" will be executed, it will try to include the file > "print_start_message". This file does not exist and make will try to > regenerate it. It will find a rule to generate it and this rule will > print some messages in the file "build.log" but it will not generate > any makefile "print_start_message".
I see a couple of improvements here: 1. "include print_start_message" really should be "-include print_start_message" so that no warning message is generated. 2. using $(shell) is much clearer than the "include"-"rule" thing. HTH, Noel -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
