Re: Makefile regeneration

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Jeff Wood" <address@hidden> writes:

  jw> Can a makefile recreate itself and then run the newly 
  jw> recreated makefile?  

GNU make will attempt to rebuild each makefile it reads (except ones in
the MAKEFILES variable IIRC), including both the original makefile and
any included makefiles.

If any of them are rebuilt, it will automatically re-exec itself to read
the new versions (then it will try to rebuild them again--so be careful
to not go into an infinite loop!)

So, all you have to do is provide a rule that rebuilds your makefile and
it will Just Work.

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