Re: not sure about value of "$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))" in this example

[Kaz Kylheku (gmake)]

On 2019-10-15 10:06, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019, Kaz Kylheku (gmake) wrote:
>
> > On 2019-10-15 08:59, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > i'm not sure what to make of this since there is only one Makefile
> > > in play in this directory, and the docker container has its
> > > working directory set to this directory, and all of the targets
> > > being invoked are defined in the same Makefile.
> >
> > It allows the containing file to re-invoke itself regardless of its
> > name. Even if it is the only makefile in the directory, this would
> > be required if its name isn't "dir.mk"...
>
>   i understood all of that except for the above ... what is magic
> about the makefile name "dir.mk"? what is magic about that name such
> that it would be used unless overridden?

Nothing; I think what I was writing was "if its name isn't
Makefile but something else, like dir.mk". Somehow I bungled
it in editing.