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Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Guide to building software on Linux and UNIX
Pointers on using HCL VersionVault build tools
Learn how to use VersionVault build tools.
Accommodating build avoidance
Learn about clearmake build avoidance.
Using a recursive invocation of clearmake
Understand the advantage of using a recursive invocation of clearmake.

Using a recursive invocation of clearmake

Understand the advantage of using a recursive invocation of clearmake.

You can eliminate the problem of different build scripts described in Handling targets built in multiple ways by adding a recursive invocation of clearmake to the makefile in app_src:

../util_src/test_prog_3: ...
cd ../util_src ; $(MAKE) test_prog_3

Note: In this script example, $(MAKE) invokes clearmake recursively.

Now, the target test_prog_3 is built the same way in both directories. You can turn on build-script comparison again, by removing the .NO_CMP_SCRIPT special target.