Cosmetics build system changes

[ramiropolla]

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[ramiropolla]

I'd like to raise a few issues with the new build system, but I don't know where is the proper place to discuss it (I don't seem to be able to file issues for MAME)

• How can I build for linux clang besides using "ARCHITECTURE=_x64_clang"? There should be a clean parameter to use clang.
• How can I build sdl without qtdebug? There used to be a NO_USE_QTDEBUG flag to disable it.
• How can see which directory make errored out in? It's useful to be able to copy the command line make was running when the error happened, paste it and tweak it if needed. Recursive makes normally show the directory the error happened, so that you can pushd there and run the command, but now --no-print-directory is used.

[cuavas]

• Build without Qt debugger using USE_QTDEBUG=0
• Show detailed build steps with VERBOSE=1

I don't think the spaces before ellipses are a good change - it just makes it ugly with no real benefit. Use verbose build if you need to know what is doing in detail.

[ramiropolla]

Thanks for d055017.

There are still a few issues though:

• Build targets are not documented. For example, to build using clang, one could use "make linux_x64_clang". This should be documented somewhere.
• There is still some misleading documentation in the makefile (for example the comment for supported TARGETOS and the subtargets list).

About the spaces before ellipses, it does indeed look ugly. But I see no benefit of having the ellipses there in the first place. I suggest removing them altogether, so that you get the real filename printed in the console, instead of "filename...". You can then easily double click, copy the name, and do any manipulation you want with the file.