GNU bug report logs - #42022
--print-data-base should be unambiguous and more easily machine-read

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Daniel Colascione" <dancol <at> dancol.org>

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 42022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: "Daniel Colascione" <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: 42022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42022: --print-data-base should be unambiguous and more
 easily machine-read
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:34:08 -0400

"Daniel Colascione" <dancol <at> dancol.org> writes:

> It's occasionally useful to parse the output of make
> --print-data-base, e.g., for tab completion.  Unfortunately, the
> current (well, 4.2, but I don't see that it's changed in 4.3) output

I guess this report is intended for GNU Make, you can create it at
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=make
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