Re: Recursive make problem (bug?)

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Jason Elbaum <address@hidden> writes:

  je> The problem is that when Make calls itself recursively, it
  je> apparently doesn't really open a new shell. It somehow reads in
  je> the new makefile while retaining the currently-defined targets.

This is not true.  Each submake is invoked in a separate make process,
and no target definitions from the parent make are passed down.

  je> Makefile.standard:10: warning: overriding commands for target `xyz'
  je> Makefile.standard:10: warning: ignoring old commands for target `xyz'

You must be including the Makefile.standard makefile twice, somehow.

Try running with the -d option and this might help you see the problem.

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