I hacked up make several times to have an option to display makefiles read (which was recursive) -- similar to gcc -H. This was very, very useful -- especially understanding foreign systems with confusing make architectures. It should be easy to put in (I'll dig up my old patches). What should I call it (--debug=??) I have make 3.79, I assume 3.79.1 is where I should work. marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't confuse education with schooling. Milton Friedman to Yogi Berra