Re: 'How makefiles are remade'

[Jim]

Noel Yap wrote:

> This makefile works:
>
> .PHONY: all
>
> all: ;
>
> include ticks
>
> ticks:
>     @touch $(@)
How do you know?  Sure the rule is done, it doesn't mean that ticks is 
reloaded....


> Try adding to it little by little until it stops working.
>
> Noel
>
> Jim wrote:
>
> > 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: ;