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Re: VPATH and Makefiles


From: Boris Kolpackov
Subject: Re: VPATH and Makefiles
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:25:11 +0000 (UTC)
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"Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> writes:

> %% thirunadh rao <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   tr> Can gmake search for "makefile" based on VPATH
> 
> No.  Makefiles are searched for only in directories specified with the
> -I option.

Even -I won't help him/her to do what he/she wants since only included 
makefiles are searched in -I-directories. What the original poster 
wanted is to be able to have let's say /tmp/makefile and then 

$ make -I /tmp


-boris





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