I'm trying to consolidate some build information by using a common makefile. My problem is that I want to use that makefile from different subdirectory levels, which makes the working directory value (pwd) unpredictable. For example:

# Makefile.common
TOP := $(shell pwd)
COMPONENT_DIR := $(TOP)/component
COMPONENT_INC := $(COMPONENT_DIR)/include
COMPONENT_LIB := $(COMPONENT_DIR)/libcomponent.a

If I include Makefile.common from a subdirectory, like so, the $(TOP) directory is incorrect and everything else follows suit:

# other_component/Makefile
include ../Makefile.common
# $(COMPONENT_LIB) is incorrectly other_component/component

What's the best way to get Makefile.common to use its own directory path instead of the more fickle pwd?

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