Programming Utilities Guide

New Options

The new options are:

-d

Displays dependency-check results for each target processed. Displays all dependencies that are newer, or indicates that the target was built as the result of a command dependency.

-dd

Performs the same function as -d in earlier versions of make. Displays a great deal of output about all details of the make run, including internal states, and so forth.

-D

Displays the text of the makefile as it is read.

-DD

Displays the text of the makefile and of the default makefile being used.

-p

Prints macro definitions and target entries.

-P

Reports all dependencies for targets without rebuilding them.