---
name: "makesimple"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmakefile-parser-perl"
version: "0.215-1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/makesimple"
---

# makesimple(1p)

De-sugar GNU makefiles to its simplest form using the GmakeDB parser

## NAME

makesimple - De-sugar GNU makefiles to its simplest form using the GmakeDB parser

## SYNOPSIS

```
    $ makesimple -f myGNUmakefile.mk > simplest.mk
```

## DESCRIPTION

The makesimple script is a makefile simplifier. It converts a full-fledged GNU makefile to a highly de-sugared basic makefile which is almost a call-path tree dump.

## SVN REPOSITORY

For the very latest version of this script, check out the source from

http://github.com/agentzh/makefile-parser-pm \<http://github.com/agentzh/makefile-parser-pm\>.

There is anonymous access to all.

## AUTHOR

Zhang "agentzh" Yichun, `"<agentzh@gmail.com>"`

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2005-2008 by Zhang "agentzh" Yichun (agentzh).

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

Makefile::Parser::GmakeDB, Makefile::AST, Makefile::AST::Evaluator.