Re: Variable assignment that depends on a generated target

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> Cc: David Wuertele <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:12:34 -0400
> 
> >  VERSION := $(shell make /path/to/some/file && grep VERSION 
> > /path/to/some/file)
> 
> This will work, but I prefer the include version I mentioned earlier.

Can you explain why you prefer that method?