should includes for make -n to actually make?

[Marty Leisner]

I'm running make 3.79.1 on linux...
I normally do make -n to see what happens

The makefile had:

Makefile.dep:
        $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -MM *.cc > Makefile.dep

-include Makefile.dep

and it seems the dep rule took higher priority then -n.

I was under the impression -n would be non-destructive and merely
print stuff instead of creating files.

Is there a way to just show what would happen without executing
(even include files?)

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