[LEDE-DEV] Makefile question

[Yousong Zhou]

On 15 February 2017 at 06:33, Philip Prindeville
<philipp_subx at redfish-solutions.com> wrote:

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>>>
>>> Part of the problem is making package/Makefile recurse with additional arguments and a different working directory…  When I try to do this, the submake of package/Makefile gets run without inherited variables like $(INCLUDE_DIR), etc.
>>
>> package/Makefile was included by $(TOPDIR)/Makefile which included
>> $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk first and that's where was INCLUDE_DIR defined but
>> not exported.
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>
> Okay, so just add “export INCLUDE_DIR” and I’m done?
>

It should work, but if there are other ways around, imho, minimal
usage of global export is preferred to avoid cluttering the
environment.

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>>
>> The other thing is if it's just about pre/post hooks, then I guess the
>> Build/IncludeOverlay mechanism should already fulfil most (if not all)
>> of your needs.
>>
>>                yousong
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>
> Well, I need to get things working with OpenWRT and then move the entire product over to LEDE.

That Build/IncludeOverlay is also available in OpenWrt as it was there
since 2009-08-31

>
> Are you on IRC?
>

most of the time, no.  I got the impression that I needed to check it
fairly frequently to not miss a call...  It's a distraction I'd like
to avoid ;)

                yousong