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authorJulius Rakow <julius@familie-rakow.de>2017-09-29 00:55:50 +0200
committertgingold <tgingold@users.noreply.github.com>2017-09-30 05:03:56 +0200
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add gen-depends command
Extend gen-makefile command. Omit phony targets and rules to allow integration in other makefiles.
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@@ -730,6 +730,20 @@ Generate a Makefile to build a design unit::
This command works like the make command (see :ref:`Make_command`), but only a
makefile is generated on the standard output.
+Generate dependency file command
+-------------------------
+
+.. index:: --gen-depends command
+
+Generate a Makefile containing only dependencies to build a design unit::
+
+ ghdl --gen-depends [options] primary [secondary]
+
+
+This command works like the make and gen-makefile commands (see :ref:`Make_command`),
+but instead of a full makefile only dependencies without rules are generated on the standard output.
+Theses rules can then be integrated in another Makefile.
+
Library commands
================