On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:04:19AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > Gross. I would not be opposed to a Makefile rule that outputs the > > correct set of OBJECTS so this (or other) scripts could build on it. > > You could also use the method I use in Git for Windows to "extend" the > Makefile: > > -- snipsnap -- > cat >dummy.mak <<EOF > include Makefile > > blub: $(OBJECTS) > do-something-with $^ > EOF > > make -f dummy.mak blub Hacky but clever. I like it. In the particular case of git, I think I've cheated similarly before by putting things in config.mak, though of course an arbitrary script can't assume it can overwrite that file. -Peff