RE: Suggestion of implementing a feature for the next Google Summer ofCode.

[Dave Korn]

On 20 March 2007 11:50, Ramón García wrote:

> I am interested in implementing feature request of GNU make (which I wrote)
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?18617
> about enhancing debugging capabilities, in order to make it easier to
> understand how makefiles written by others work. This is a problem
> that I often encouter.

  Can I suggest you take a look at 'remake':

http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/remake/

  This does everything I think you're thinking of by way of diagnostics and 
debugging facilities, I have found it invaluable.  Any of the code it contains 
might make a good starting point for a similar project, or perhaps it might be 
possible to get a concensus behind merging remake's added functionality into 
mainline GNU make?


  Paul (PING!), have you and Rockyb (remake maintainer) ever had discussions 
along these lines?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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