On 2/3/08, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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..
Addendum - I think there's a make help target when compiling the linux kernel, is there not? That's the kind of thing I was getting at, I think (if I'm remembering correctly).
