> Yeah you make a strong argument. I too think a linting tool would be > useful. I imagine it would function like shellcheck does for shells. If > nothing else it would really help people identify GNU extensions vs > portable behavior. Something like shellcheck would be awesome! Given that the POSIX Makefile syntax isn't very large or complicated, the implementation of such a tool could be pretty simple (in the manner of suckless). Although I wouldn't mind a strict POSIX compliant make(1) without any extensions. There a far too few programs that could be used to verify compliance with standards (and buying a test suite isn't a great solution).
-- craekz
