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| author | Carl Dong <contact@carldong.me> | 2019-10-09 11:12:55 -0400 |
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| committer | Carl Dong <contact@carldong.me> | 2019-10-09 11:12:55 -0400 |
| commit | 181989f6c9427fc266dbdcc84cb60ac03e67cdb2 (patch) | |
| tree | 656850d3abbd244f2ccc94583188b7e85555d514 /Makefile.am | |
| parent | 1c11e53bb604835afd838f4520d3fdba25521c5b (diff) | |
build: Add variable printing target to Makefiles
I kept finding myself needing these to debug our build system, since
they are innocuous and are very helpful they probably belong in the
codebase.
Source: John Graham-Cumming
https://www.cmcrossroads.com/article/printing-value-makefile-variable
Diffstat (limited to 'Makefile.am')
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile.am | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 8b1e2a6b5b..49a20b7614 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. +# Pattern rule to print variables, e.g. make print-top_srcdir +print-%: + @echo $* = $($*) + ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I build-aux/m4 SUBDIRS = src if ENABLE_MAN |