title: How to include parent directory include path in Android.mk?
body: <p>I'm building using the NDK and am having trouble getting the parent directory in the include path.  I tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/..
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But that does not work, apparently the <code>..</code> is not processed as I would expect.  I ran <code>make -n</code> to see the generated command which includes what I want:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-I/Users/me/android/workspace/jni/module/popt/..
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it fails, although if I manually edit it to instead be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-I/Users/me/android/workspace/jni/module
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It works fine.  What should I put in the <code>Android.mk</code> file to include the parent directory in the search path without using <code>..</code>?</p>
  
  <p>The issue is that <code>popt</code> is a symbolic link, so parent directory <code>..</code> is not <code>module</code>.</p>