Re: Equivalent to VPATH for searching for Makefiles?

[Garrett Cooper]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Sam Ravnborg <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 06:20:29PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>      I realize that using --include can do this, but is there a way to
>> tell make how to do this for Makefiles as well from within other
>> Makefiles (VPATH doesn't work ;P)? It would be a really cool
>> enhancement to have, if it doesn't already exist, as it would make
>> ginormous make projects simpler by setting a default `search path' for
>> Makefiles that get included.
>
> I have with success used:
> MAKEFLAGS += --include-dir=foo
>
> This works only for the submake you spawn from the Makefile
> that contains the assignment.
>
>        Sam

Ah, yes! That variable. That will do nicely.
Thanks!
-Garrett