From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Werner LEMBERG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: src/Makefile unhelpful Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <20220911.171640.671293773052264768.wl@gnu.org> References: <81B26ACA-E8C3-4FAC-9BB5-A6B40C3B4A55@gentoo.org> <83fsgya2yx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33080"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rms@gnu.org, sam@gentoo.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: eliz@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 11 17:17:55 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oXOiZ-0008Uq-8f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:17:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38640 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oXOiY-0005e4-CC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:17:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38214) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oXOha-0004cl-M3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:16:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:45743) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oXOhU-0003EQ-Mv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:16:54 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6920240104 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:16:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4MQYH15R89z9rxM; Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:16:45 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83fsgya2yx.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=werner.lemberg@posteo.de; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -39 X-Spam_score: -4.0 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:295182 Archived-At: >> How about adding a make command such as >> >> @echo Use V=1 to see the actual compilation commands >> >> to run near the start of the make run. That would inform people. > > That's possible. Let me think about it. Another possibility would be to implement `make help` to show the possible targets and variables to control them. Werner