Re: Pre-including a generated file

[Eric Melski]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> This worked:
>
>     __dummy := $(shell ./gen_file $(MAKE) $(if $(MAKEFLAGS),-$(MAKEFLAGS),) \
>                        $(MAKEOVERRIDES) $(MAKECMDGOALS))
>     sinclude file
>
> It's a little dirtier than I what expected to be (and well, what I'm doing
> is pretty dirty itself =), but seems to works rather well.
>
> Please let me know if you find any flaws on this approach.

You may also find this Mr. Make article useful:

        http://www.cmcrossroads.com/content/view/6528/268/

It describes a system for getting gmake to consider targets out-of-date 
when the commands for the target have changed.

Hope that helps,

Eric Melski
Electric Cloud, Inc.
http://blog.electric-cloud.com/