Follow-up Comment #3, bug #23928 (project make):
Icarus Sparry wrote:
> You probably want lastword, rather than firstword.
Nope. To quote the original request:
> It is often useful to recursively call the current makefile
> as part of a rule. Sometimes rules are included from a
> different file. The included file may not know the name of
> the make file used to start the make process.
The request was for the name of "the make file used to start the make
process", which would be $(firstword ${MAKEFILE_LIST}).
(The use of the phrase "current makefile" is slightly ambiguous, but I think
the last sentence makes it clear that it is meant to refer to the makefile
that started the whole deal.)
BTW, $(lastword ${MAKEFILE_LIST}) is _not_ always the makefile being parsed
at that moment, particularly when there's an 'include' directive earlier in
the makefile. There's in fact no 100% general and reliable way to get the
name of the file that's being parsed.
Philip Guenther
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