Re: MAKEFLAGS (Was: forcing a rule)

[Noel Yap]

You missed the MAKEFILES portion of my email.

I haven't tried it, but I'm thinking of something like:

  # bootstrap.mk
  ifeq ($(MAKELEVEL),0)
    # re-exec make with new MAKEFLAGS
  endif


then set MAKEFLAGS=bootstrap.mk.

Noel

Boris Kolpackov wrote:

> Hi Noel,
>  
>
> > It's also just occurred to me that, using MAKEFILES and the "gmake self 
> > wrapper" trick, you could get what you want without having to patch make.  
> > OTOH, it is a bit more complicated even though the complication is hidden.
>
>
> How is it hidden? In every makefile you have two write something like
> this:
>
>
> if <MAKEFLAGS need adjustment>
> include make-re-executor.make
>
> else
>
> # your code here
>
>
> endif
>
> This is ugly. If I needed this feature in a project that otherwise
> uses vanilla make I would think twice before patching make. But in
> my case Rubicon is already crossed.
>
>
> -boris