Re: 'How makefiles are remade'

[Jim]

Noel Yap wrote:

> It would help if you can post a /minimal/ makefile that demonstrates the 
> problem.
right here - there is no fewer statements that can be done to make a 
makefile which creates a makefile which creates a makefile (and no 
that's not redunant). It was a attached - here it is done verbatim.

I suppose I can strip off the remake - since if make actually worked, it 
would be unessecary....


.PHONY: all

all: ;

include ticks

ticks: Makefile bob dillon
	@echo TICKS=$(patsubst %ILI,%L,$(patsubst %XXXXIX,%IL,$(patsubst 
%IXI,%X,$(patsubst %VIV,%IX,$(patsubst %IVI,%V,$(patsubst 
%IIII,%IV,$(TICKS)I))))))>ticks
        @echo Prior Ticks : $(TICKS)


include x

bob dillon:
        @echo . >$@;

x:Makefile bob dillon
        @echo include y >x
        @echo y: $@ $? >>x
        @echoto -c x @echo fakeall: \>y
        @echoto -c x @./echoto -c y @echo hey we made it:$(TICKS)

Makefile: ;