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bug#12411: 24.2.50; No `make help' target?
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#12411: 24.2.50; No `make help' target? |
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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:23:19 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) |
> sed -n 's/^\([a-z]*\):.*/\1/p' Makefile # plus uniq...
> They are all pretty much standard targets, and documented at the top of
> the Makefile.
It's not always easy to find the doc corresponding to a given target, so
I think it would indeed be a good idea to make "make help" return some
useful info.
I also think it would be a valuable addition to the GNU coding standards.
Just like all commands should accept a "--help", it would make sense for
the main Makefile to do something useful with "make help".
Stefan