Re: setting a make "include" path right from the get-go

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
>   i realize this is a trivial question but i just want to be
> absolutely sure i'm doing this the right way.
>
>   i have a sizable recursive make structure and i want to add
> "include"s in various makefiles to pull in useful "utility" makefiles
> in various places.
>
>   i know the proper way to do that is to use the "-I" option on the
> make invocation.  now, if my *top* level Makefile doesn't need to do
> any includes, i'm fairly sure i can set the include search path in
> that makefile, then use ${MAKE} from there on to make sure everyone
> below picks up the search path.
>
>   if the top-level makefile *does* need that include search path, my
> idea was to alias "make" to "make -I..." so that one doesn't need to
> keep typing that option explicitly.
>
>   is that about right?  or is there a more elegant way to do this?
> thanks.

  i guess a simpler question (which i'm sure i know the answer to) is:
a Makefile that wants to use the "include" directive can *not* set its
own include search path -- only those of its sub-makes, correct?

rday