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[Andreas Nilsson]

> > fmake (older FreeBSD):
> >      -p      Only print the input graph, not executing any commands.  The
> > out-
> >              put is the same as -d g1.  When combined with -f /dev/null,
> > only
> >              the builtin rules of make are displayed.
> >
> > gmake:
> >        -p, --print-data-base
> >             Print  the data base (rules and variable values) that results
> > from
> >             reading the makefiles; then execute as usual or as otherwise
> > spec-
> >             ified.   This  also prints the version information given by
> the
> > -v
> >             switch (see below).  To print the  data  base  without
>  trying
> > to
> >             remake any files, use make -p -f/dev/null.
> >
> > Well, the new make (bmake) supports -d g1 so I guess you can see what you
> > want to see using that. It would be really simple to add an option that
> > makes -p work again, but I guess nobody else noticed its absence.
>
> Well, I nobody else is missing it I guess it's not needed. But I really
liked that switch.


> Yes, but bmake's -dg1 output format are different than fmake's -p.
>

Seems a bit different, yes. But maybe it has to do. Thanks for the link
with completion.

Best regards
Andreas