Dear Paul, Many thanks for your so prompt and helpful response!
Paul Smith (2017/03/21 08:31 -0400): > On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 13:18 +0100, Sébastien Hinderer wrote: > > define INCLUDE > > curdir := $(1) > > include $(1)/Makefile > > unset curdir (That should have been undefine, by the way) > > endef > > > > # List of subdirectories containing a Makefile that should be included > > > > subdirectories := foo bar baz > > > > # Include all the specified sub-makefiles > > $(foreach subdirectory, $(subdirectories), $(call INCLUDE, $(subdirectory))) > > The expansion of the foreach loop has to be a valid single line of > makefile syntax; it will be considered a logical line. You can't use > call to invoke a multiline function containing make syntax like this. Okay. > You need eval for that: > > $(foreach d,$(subdirectories),$(eval $(call INCLUDE,$(d)))) Ah, thanks! Actually I was aware of eeval but did not realise its link with what I was trying to do. Reading its documentation with this new light makes everything much clearer. Thaks again! Sébastien. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
