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

[Garrett Cooper]

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Robert P. J. Day <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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

As I discovered last week, yes.
-Garrett