Re: Feature request: list makefile targets

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Francesco Montorsi <address@hidden> writes:

  fm> I couldn't find an option in my GNU make 3.81 to be able to print a 
  fm> list of the targets declared in a Makefile.

You can use "make -p" and massage the output.

  fm> I think this option would indeed be very very useful and thus I
  fm> hope someone with better make-knowledge will implement it. If
  fm> noone is working on it, I'll have a look at GNU make sources ASAP
  fm> so that, if maintainers say that they will accept it, I can try to
  fm> make a patch.

This is on the TODO list.  I started to implement it back when I added
the .VARIABLES variable, but it turns out this is trickier to get right
than it seems up-front.

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