How to print out a variable in makefile

Question

In my makefile, I have a variable \'NDK_PROJECT_PATH\', my question is how can I print it out when it compiles?

I read Make file echo displaying "$PATH" st

Answer 1

This can be done in a generic way and can be very useful when debugging a complex makefile. Following the same technique as described in another answer, you can insert the following into any makefile:

# if the first command line argument is "print"
ifeq ($(firstword $(MAKECMDGOALS)),print)

  # take the rest of the arguments as variable names
  VAR_NAMES := $(wordlist 2,$(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(MAKECMDGOALS))

  # turn them into do-nothing targets
  $(eval $(VAR_NAMES):;@:))

  # then print them
  .PHONY: print
  print:
          @$(foreach var,$(VAR_NAMES),\
            echo '$(var) = $($(var))';)
endif

Then you can just do "make print" to dump the value of any variable:

$ make print CXXFLAGS
CXXFLAGS = -g -Wall