RE: Must be very simple

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)" <address@hidden> writes:

  pb> The wildcard would work but it would have to do something like

  pb> if directory $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE exists then
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/make.include
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/make.dependencies
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/*/make.include
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/*/make.dependencies
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/*/*/make.include
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/*/*/make.dependencies
  pb> else
  pb>   -include $(wildcard $(PVCS_DIR)/static_makefiles/*.make.include
  pb> endif

PVCS?  Really?  Ouch.

Why do you have to check if the directory exists?  If it doesn't exist
the wildcard will evaluate to the empty string.

  pb> The ones under the static_makefiles will mostly be exactly the
  pb> same as in the SOURCE_TREE.  But including both will result in K's
  pb> warning about duplicate names.

So, don't include both.  That's what the firstword is for in my example.

Using "*" like this is going to be an issue of course... I don't see how
you're relating a path like this:

    $(TOP_DIR)/SOURCE_TREE/*/make.include

with one like this:

    $(PVCS_DIR)/static_makefiles/*.make.include

...???

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