[bug #18617] Better debugging facilities: tracing rule invocation.

2008-09-17 Thread Stefano Sabatini
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #18617 (project make): I was looking for the same feature, especially I'd like to trace the invokation of implicit rules, it would be really usueful to see the implicit rule invoked and the file where it is defined. As an use case I'm currently debugging this (make -d):

[bug #18617] Better debugging facilities: tracing rule invocation.

2008-09-17 Thread Dave Korn
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #18617 (project make): I would like to draw the attention of everyone in this thread to http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/remake/ "Remake - GNU Make with comprehensible tracing and a debugger" I find it an invaluable enhancement to make when debugging complex makefiles ful