On 2/3/08, Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * NightStrike wrote on Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 03:53:36PM CET: > > Is there any possibility of an automake generated "help" target that > > would list the possible targets (or a subset of them) for make? This > > could potentially be propagated upstream to the standard gnu targets, > > too. > > Like this? > > .PHONY: help > help: > @echo "Please see here for a list of standard targets and their" > @echo "semantics (unless the package author has overridden them):" > @echo > "<http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Standard-Targets.html>" > @echo > "<http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html>" > > I don't see how to cope nicely with overridden targets. Note BTW that > the user is not supposed to override them, but it happens nonetheless. > > FWIW, I'm not yet convinced this to be all that useful (but I don't have > a strong opinion either way).
I meant more along the lines of, for instance in the gcc project, there is 'make all-gcc", "make all-gmp", "make all-mpfr", etc. I admit that the idea wasn't well thought out; I just know that anytime I try using a new project where I need to build specific parts instead of just "make all install", I find myself drudging painfully through a bunch of Makefiles to find what I need. It'd be so much easier to see something like: $ make help The following are valid targets: all install lib64/lib<specific lib>.a custom-target-that-makes-stuff-just-work etc..
