RTFM:
-n Print the commands that would be executed, but do not
execute them.
Of possible interest:
-d Print debugging information in addition to normal
processing. The debugging information says which
files are being considered for remaking, which file-
times are being compared and with what results, which
files actually need to be remade, which implicit
rules are considered and which are applied---every
thing interesting about how make decides what to do.
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:29:00AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> i have a program with a makefile generated by autoconf/automake. the
> makefile is an absolute mess. very difficult to read through.
>
> the program compiled and now i want the program to make install.
> but first i'd like to see where it intends on installing stuff.
>
> is there a way of telling make to print out commands it intends on doing but
> to not actually do them?
>
> i'm thinking something similar to the -s or --dry-run option for apt-get.
>
> thanks!
> pete
>
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