X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=mk%2Fboilerplate.mk;h=0e7e752020d3fa8f3bb823745f7bceca470b82c7;hb=9fcdd13a743a2c982e999638f3d5c18e172eedf0;hp=8e4f32247bc3ffe98b5c72ce9d5206a3dd381187;hpb=c799c4c6cc050643e8e48a196e248afe73a29981;p=ghc-hetmet.git

diff --git a/mk/boilerplate.mk b/mk/boilerplate.mk
index 8e4f322..0e7e752 100644
--- a/mk/boilerplate.mk
+++ b/mk/boilerplate.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ FPTOOLS_TOP := $(TOP)
 #		THIS RULE MUST REMAIN FIRST!
 default: all
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+# 			Makefile debugging
+# to see the effective value used for a Makefile variable, do
+#  make show VALUE=MY_VALUE
+#
+
+show:
+	@echo '$(VALUE)="$($(VALUE))"'
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Misc bits