Re: "inline" using a variable

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, 2016-10-02 at 00:19 +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
> When i "configured" binutils in a directory separate to the source directory, 
> it 
> generates a 11500 line Makefile containing the following fragment.
> 
> Down the bottom it does:
> 
>    $(MAKE) $(RECURSE_FLAGS_TO_PASS) all-stage1;
> 
> but "all-stage1" is not in the Makefile.

You should bring this up in the binutils support mailing lists.  There's
no issue with GNU make here (at least none that you've referenced) so we
can't help.

> I think it's got something to do with:
> 
> stage:
>         @: $(MAKE); $(stage)

No, it doesn't have anything to do with that.  At least, not based on
the information you've provided.

When you send the message to the binutils list be sure to provide
information on the version of binutils you're using, the platform you're
building on, etc., and also show the make command that is invoked that
gives the error (for most autoconf makefiles you can run them in verbose
mode where they print the commands they're running by adding V=1 to the
make command line somewhere:

  make V=1

).