How to catch and handle errors in Make?

Question

I am using GNU Make 3.80.

In my Makefile_1, I call Makefile_2. In certain circumstances, Makefile_2 throws an error.

Is there a way for me to “catch” and “process” (inside Makefile_1) the error that Makefile_2 can make?

Answer 1

You have all the shell features:

target1:
    ${MAKE} -f Makefile_2 target2; \
    case "$$?" in \
    ... \
    esac;