Re: Automatic goal trace back

[Bhaskar G]

Hi,

Here is an example

a: b
        @echo
"A"
        @touch
a
        @ls
a
c: b
        @echo
"C"
        @touch
c
        @ls
c
b:
        @echo
"B"
        @ls
b

when I run gmake a then it would return
with an error code of 1.

I would like gmake to print the target
that was being built ie, b and it was trying to satisfy the condition for
a.
so gmake should print b and a.

If I run gmake c then it should return
the goals
b and c.

Thanks & Regards,
Bhaskar G
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Bhaskar G wrote:
> Is there a way to print if a make target can not be built, or a command
> fails. I.E. which goals (nested) was make trying to satisfy when it
failed.

Could you provide a clearer description (perhaps even with a small 
example Makefile) that shows what you would like to achieve?   I can't
quite tell from what you've written.

John.
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