Re: Conditionally run "-include" in a rule?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Matt England <address@hidden> writes:

I don't think there's an answer to your original question, but you can
_certainly_ make your tests cleaner than this:

  me> MAKE_DFILES := 1
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),distclean)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),cleanall)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),cleandfiles)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),cleantmpdfiles)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),cleanendtgts)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),printvar)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),printvar2)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),cleanpkg)
  me> MAKE_DFILES := 0
  me> endif
  me> ifeq ($(MAKE_DFILES),1)
  me> -include $(ALL_DFILES)
  me> endif

NINCLUDE_TARGETS := clean distclean cleanall cleanandfiles cleantmpdfiles \
                    cleanendtgts printvar printvar2 cleanpkg

ifneq (,$(filter $(NINCLUDE_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
  -include $(ALL_DFILES)
endif

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