Re: 'How makefiles are remade'

[Noel Yap]

Jim wrote:

> Noel Yap wrote:
> okay so I extended it some... and this fails.
>
> .PHONY:all
> all: junk;
>     @echo $(TICKS)
>
> include ticks2
> ticks2:
>     @echo TICKS=a number >> ticks2
>
> include make2
> make2:
>     @echo junk: >>make2
>     @echo     echo $(TICKS) >>make2
>
> if ticks2 were really reloaded then make2 would not have a blank value 
> for $(TICKS)

OK, I think I'm starting to understand what you want to do.  Have you tried doing the 
"include make2" inside tick2?

Noel