How do I force make/GCC to show me the commands?
gcc, makefile, verbosity
Solution
To invoke a dry run:
make -n
This will show what `make` is attempting to do.
Problem
I'm trying to debug a compilation problem, but I cannot seem to get GCC (or maybe it is make??) to show me the actual compiler and linker commands it is executing. Here is the output I am seeing: ``` CCLD libvirt_parthelper libvirt_parthelper-parthelper.o: In function `main': /root/qemu-build/libvirt-0.9.0/src/storage/parthelper.c:102: undefined reference to `ped_device_get' /root/qemu-build/libvirt-0.9.0/src/storage/parthelper.c:116: undefined reference to `ped_disk_new' /root/qemu-build/libvirt-0.9.0/src/storage/parthelper.c:122: undefined reference to `ped_disk_next_partition' /root/qemu-build/libvirt-0.9.0/src/storage/parthelper.c:172: undefined reference to `ped_disk_next_partition' /root/qemu-build/libvirt-0.9.0/src/storage/parthelper.c:172: undefined reference to `ped_disk_next_partition' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [libvirt_parthelper] Error 1 ``` What I want to see should be similar to this: ``` $ make gcc -Wall -c -o main.o main.c gcc -Wall -c -o hello_fn.o hello_fn.c gcc main.o hello_fn.o -o main ``` Notice how this example has the complete `gcc` command displayed. The above example merely shows things like "CCLD libvirt_parthelper". I'm not sure how to control this behavior.