Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] build-sys: add make 'help' target

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 20/06/2016 17:19, address@hidden wrote:
> From: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> 
> Add a make 'help', to print a summary of the main Makefile targets.
> The format is loosely inspired by Linux make 'help' output.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> ---
>  Makefile | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 53e4119..c6bf3d6 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -666,3 +666,36 @@ endif
>  -include $(wildcard *.d tests/*.d)
>  
>  include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/Makefile.include
> +
> +.PHONY: help
> +help:
> +
> +     @echo  'Cleaning targets:'
> +     @echo  '  clean           - Remove most generated files but keep the 
> config'
> +     @echo  '  distclean       - Remove all generated files'
> +     @echo  '  dist            - Build a distributable tarball'
> +     @echo  ''
> +     @echo  'Test targets:'
> +     @echo  '  check           - Run all tests (check-help for details)'
> +     @echo  '  docker          - Build QEMU and run tests inside Docker 
> containers'

"docker" is a help target.

> +     @echo  '  test/speed      - Run TCG tests'
> +     @echo  ''
> +     @echo  'Documentation targets:'
> +     @echo  '  dvi/html/'
> +     @echo  '  info/pdf        - Build documentation in specified format'
> +     @echo  ''
> +     @echo  'Other generic targets:'
> +     @echo  '  all             - Build all'

Shouldn't "all" come first?

> +     @echo  '  install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools'
> +     @echo  '  ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors'
> +     @echo  '  cscope          - Generate cscope index'
> +ifdef CONFIG_WIN32
> +     @echo  ''
> +     @echo  'Windows targets:'
> +     @echo  '  installer       - Build NSIS-based installer'
> +ifdef QEMU_GA_MSI_ENABLED
> +     @echo  '  msi             - Build MSI-based installer'

Build MSI-based installer for qemu-ga.

Paolo

> +endif
> +endif
> +     @echo  ''
> +     @echo  '  make V=0|1 [targets] 0 => quiet build (default), 1 => verbose 
> build'
>