Re: strange results with include (probable user error)

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Mike Castle <address@hidden> writes:

  mc> As the following shows, when using an include, I get an extra
  mc> "Nothing to be done for `all'."  At least, I wasn't expecting it.

  mc> It's almost like, after processing the include, and performing the
  mc> action, make reinvokes itself.

It does.  See the section "How Makefiles are Remade" in the GNU make
manual.

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