# HG changeset patch
# User Norm Jacobs <Norm.Jacobs@Oracle.COM>
# Date 1428935117 18000
# Node ID d88c5d15a4af593a9d49f647ed26c93c7cd8a655
# Parent  ea36499292b95847ba73bb17288b90b966d44d8d
20869828 Userland makefiles should provide macro printing helpers

diff -r ea36499292b9 -r d88c5d15a4af make-rules/shared-macros.mk
--- a/make-rules/shared-macros.mk	Wed Apr 22 23:13:31 2015 -0500
+++ b/make-rules/shared-macros.mk	Mon Apr 13 09:25:17 2015 -0500
@@ -946,3 +946,10 @@
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES += security/sudo
 
 include $(WS_MAKE_RULES)/environment.mk
+
+# A simple rule to print the value of any macro.  Ex:
+#   $ gmake print-REQUIRED_PACKAGES
+# Note that some macros are set on a per target basis, so what you see
+# is not always what you get.
+print-%:
+	@echo '$(subst ','\'',$*=$($*)) (origin: $(origin $*), flavor: $(flavor $*))'