Re: MAKEFLAGS (Was: forcing a rule)

[Noel Yap]

Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> No I am not and that's exactly why my makefiles are big (well, actually
> they are not that big, there are just hundreds or even thousands of them)
> and reading them all in just to re-execute is not an option.

It just occurred to me that your makefiles will be read in only once.  The 
reason is that boilerplate.mk will be read in first almost immediately 
triggering a sub-make (in which your settings are made).  The sub-make then 
goes ahead and reads in your
makefiles.

HTH,
Noel