On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 03:41:43PM +0100, Roberto E. Vargas Caballero wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 02:39:43PM +0100, pmarin wrote: > > You don't need to use the include statement. > > cat config.mk Makefile | make -f - > > I usually use a rule in Makefile that, using cat in a similar way of > you, generates a file with the name makefile (it usually generates > the inclussion dependences and other things).
The disadvantage of that is that having files called Makefile and makefile in the same directory, users may well look for the former to make changes, leading to confusion. I certainly didn't know that make looks for for 'makefile' before 'Makefile' until looking it up just now. Also, having created the makefile, does the Makefile invoke make again automatically, or does the user have to re-enter their command? If I type 'make foo' for the first time, what happens? Presumably the target 'foo' isn't made...
