Re: VPATH and Makefiles

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Boris Kolpackov <address@hidden> writes:

  bk> "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.

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

  bk> $ make -I /tmp

Ah, good point; I didn't see that.  Correct, nothing like that will work.


However, you can do this:

    $ export MAKEFILES=/tmp/makefile
        ...
    $ make

Not quite the same thing but perhaps it's helpful.

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