> > : I think we could use something like "make -n" and check the return code... > > : But as I don't have the time to implement it properly now, I'll look at > > : whatever methods people choose to provide in their patches. > > > > It was something using a ``make -f -'' IIRC... (l8r) > > Hmm, "make -f -" will actually not be useful, FWICS. We want to check > whether the Makefile contains either a "test" or a "check" rule, whereas > "make -f -" will bypass the Makefile altogether. But if I'm wrong, it > won't be the first time.
... but not this time, at least :-) Assuming that there's nothing else wrong with the makefile, "make -n target" will return != 0 if target does not exist (assuming that there isn't an explicit call to $(error) or similar). -Samrobb