Re: Can a makefile identify itself?

[John Graham-Cumming]

lists wrote:
> /prog/Makefile
> /prog/apples/Makefile.mk
>
> The /prog/Makefile uses "include apples/Makefile.mk" to call another 
> makefile.  I need the apples/Makefile.mk to know where it is.  If I use 
> $(shell pwd) I get the location of the root Makefile instead.  I'm using 
> Make 3.79.1 (and am stuck with it) so I can't use the MAKEFILE_LIST 
> variable.
>
> Is there a nice way of doing this?

You could always do this:

/prog/Makefile

    INCLUDED = apples/Makefile.mk
    include $(INCLUDED)

/prog/apples/Makefile.mk

    Use $(INCLUDED) to determine what Makefile this is.  Since you
    probably need it to not change do something like:

    I_AM := $(INCLUDED)

    as the first line.

John.
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