%% "Frank Spies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: fs> i got a question which i can't figure out from the manual (well fs> actually it seems like it's not possible from the manual and my fs> trials but i wanted to ask someone to make sure since it seems it fs> should work)
No, it shouldn't. fs> i want to be able to include another makefile and assign a variable fs> from the conditional part of a target like this: fs> debug: fs> include [EMAIL PROTECTED] fs> DebugVar = some_value fs> but apparently i can not do that ??? No, you cannot. fs> or am i missing something ??? Yes indeed! What you are missing is this: the text that appears in the command section are _SHELL SCRIPTS_. They are passed directly to shell, with no processing by make whatsoever, except to expand variable references. So, you cannot put make operations like include, or set make variables, etc. inside a command, because it's not interpreted by make: it's passed to the shell and interpreted by the shell. Moreover, the particular text above makes no sense because make is not a procedural language. Make operates in two distinct phases: first it reads in all the makefiles, resolves all include files, etc. etc. After after all makefiles are internalized, only then does it go back and start trying to figure out which targets are out of date and rebuilding them. So, having an "include" inside a target command script doesn't make sense since all the dependency graph information has already been created, etc. Maybe if you stepped back from the implementation and told us, in words, what you are trying to do we could help you do that. But you can't use anything like what you are doing above. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
