Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:21:50 -0700 From: Drew Eckhardt <drew@PoohSticks.ORG> To: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: optionally include file within a Makefile Message-ID: <200312190121.hBJ1Lof03044@revolt.poohsticks.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:13:16 EST." <3FE20A5C.2872.92C92363@localhost>
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In message <3FE20A5C.2872.92C92363@localhost>, dan@langille.org writes:
>On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:02, Dan Langille wrote:
>
>> My goal is provide a way to override values in a Makefile with values
>> from a local config file.
>
>I'm getting further. What's the proper way to do an include?
The commands associated with a Make command are passed to the shell.
You need to do your conditional within the make environment, outside
of a rule
.if exists foo
.include foo
.endif
all:
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