%% "Villalovos, John L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: vjl> I was wondering if there was some information out there on howto vjl> debug makefiles.
Flags passed to the top-level make _should_ be passed to all submakes, unless the parent make goes out of its way to remove them. So you should be able to use make -p and/or make -d and that should be true when your makefile is invoked. vjl> Is there a way to echo out a variable even if I don't have a target vjl> which is getting called in my Makefile? Sure; just use something like: $(warning variable FOO = $(FOO)) You can also use $(shell) to run shell commands, like this: $(shell env | sort 1>&2) this will show what variables are exported to the environment for example. Remember for $(shell) that you have to redirect the output to stderr, because $(shell) in make behaves like `` (backquotes) do in the shell or Perl. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
