core: enhance printvars

[coffee/buildroot.git] / Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cceae92a261f55c3dd903ba4a8ef798e46d37900..886bd961622daed441b6c04a79e7c07061b4fc64 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -940,7 +940,10 @@ printvars:
                $(sort $(if $(VARS),$(filter $(VARS),$(.VARIABLES)),$(.VARIABLES))), \
                $(if $(filter-out environment% default automatic, \
                                $(origin $V)), \
-               $(info $V=$($V) ($(value $V)))))
+               $(if $(QUOTED_VARS),\
+                       $(info $V='$(subst ','\'',$(if $(RAW_VARS),$(value $V),$($V)))'), \
+                       $(info $V=$(if $(RAW_VARS),$(value $V),$($V))))))
+# ' Syntax colouring...
 
 clean:
        rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR) $(BINARIES_DIR) $(HOST_DIR) \
@@ -1018,6 +1021,7 @@ help:
        @echo '  source-check           - check selected packages for valid download URLs'
        @echo '  external-deps          - list external packages used'
        @echo '  legal-info             - generate info about license compliance'
+       @echo '  printvars              - dump all the internal variables'
        @echo
        @echo '  make V=0|1             - 0 => quiet build (default), 1 => verbose build'
        @echo '  make O=dir             - Locate all output files in "dir", including .config'