Noel Yap wrote: okay so I extended it some... and this fails.
.PHONY:all all: junk; @echo $(TICKS)
include ticks2 ticks2: @echo TICKS=a number >> ticks2
include make2 make2: @echo junk: >>make2 @echo echo $(TICKS) >>make2
if ticks2 were really reloaded then make2 would not have a blank value for $(TICKS)
OK, I think I'm starting to understand what you want to do. Have you tried doing the "include make2" inside tick2?
Noel
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