Re: [FEATURE Request] Please add an option to list all dependencies of a target (recursively)

[Martin Quinson]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 10:11:36PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:12:38AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Hi,
> >           [Please retain the CC to address@hidden so
> >            that the Debian Bug Tracking system can record your input]
> > 
> >     This was a feature request from a Debian user. 
> > 
> >  I would like a way to list all dependencies and subdependencies of a
> >  given target to avoid the recursive shell function hackism I
> >  currently have to do when using "make -pnq".
> 
> Do you think of:
> `$?'
>      The names of all the prerequisites that are newer than the target,
>      with spaces between them.  For prerequisites which are archive
>      members, only the member named is used (*note Archives::).

That's perfect 1) from inside the makefile 2) for not getting the recursive
targets...

Cheers, Mt.

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