Follow-up Comment #14, bug#64571 (group make): I think JSON would be a good solution.
> (b) these tools (like jq for example) are not part of most standard systems and so can't be relied on to exist everywhere, It's no harder to install `jq` than it is to install `make` these days, even on relatively ancient distros. I don't see why this would be an issue. > (c) jq, at least, is somewhat tricky to use correctly especially if you want to do matching etc. I don't particularly like its syntax but it's not especially difficult, and let's face it most people are going to be googling "how to print make targets" and copy/pasting the first stack-overflow page. On the other hand, maybe it is over-complicating things. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64571> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/