I used the MAKEGOALCMDS variable to accomplish this.
Thanks
Reid
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> %% Reid Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> rm> It would be nice if there were such a thing as conditional includes.
> rm> For example:
>
> rm> depend:: -include dependencies
>
> rm> Then in the case where the dependencies file has an error, the
> rm> dependencies file would not be included when doing 'make depend'.
>
> I don't understand the exact semantics you mean this syntax to provide.
>
> rm> We structure our Makefiles as follows:
>
> rm> depend::
> rm> @makedepend -o dependencies ....
>
> rm> -include dependencies
>
> rm> However, if someone deletes a file that is used as a dependency in
> rm> the dependencies file, make fails with an error. Any attempt to
> rm> do 'make depend' fails with the same error -- still including the
> rm> dependencies file. The only recourse is to delete the
> rm> dependencies file and then do 'make depend'. This is difficult to
> rm> communicate to a large development staff, and breaks automated
> rm> build procedures.
>
> If you don't need the dependencies file to be included when running
> "make depend" you can test the MAKECMDGOALS variable to see what targets
> are being made, and not do the include if it's "depend". See the GNU
> make manual for info on this variable; you need GNU make 3.76 or
> better. I believe the manual has an example of doing almost exactly
> this, except for the "clean" rule.
>
> Also, for an all-around better way of handling automatically generated
> dependencies, see my web page below.
>
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