On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 10:36 -0700, Stan Sieler wrote: > My apologies if this is a case of "user misunderstanding"... > I scanned the bug list for gmake, and various documentation, > but didn't see this mentioned. > > (Using GNU Make 3.80) > > It seems that gmake incorrectly handles "-f <filename>" by > first acting as if I had typed "gmake <filename>".
This is actually a GNU Make feature. GNU Make will try to build Makefile that it reads (either by -f or include) and is often referred to as "Makefile remaking". In the GNU Make documentation you will find a section entitled "How Makefiles Are Remade". It will answer you questions about this: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_chapter/make_3.html#SEC20 John. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
