I frequently find myself looking for default make rules, and inevitably how to print their values. Here's a script to help.
Adapted from https://blog.melski.net/2010/11/30/makefile-hacks-print-the-value-of-any-variable/
$ cat ~/bin/make-vars #!/bin/bash _vars= for v in $@; do _vars="${_vars} print-${v}" done make -f- ${_vars} <<'EOF' print-%: @echo '$*=$($*)' @echo ' origin = $(origin $*)' @echo ' flavor = $(flavor $*)' @echo ' value = $(value $*)' EOF
Here it is in use
$ make-vars LINK.cc LINK.cc=c++ origin = default flavor = recursive value = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH)