On Tue, 15 Oct 2019, Kaz Kylheku (gmake) wrote: > 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.
ok, that makes sense now, thanks. rday _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
