Assume I have a build-target foo:
foo:foo.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(ARGS) -c foo.c -o foo
Now, ARGS is something that I pass on the command line:
$ make ARGS:=-DX=1 foo
So, I need to bypass make's cleverness, because the foo target does not only depend on which files have changed, but also on the value of ARGS.
Is there something in make to do this? My hack (see answer) doesn't seem to be the most elegant but it works. Anything better?