Re: configure: --silent should be passed to sub-configure

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Paul,

* Paul Eggert wrote on Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 12:00:21AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Maybe Automake should allow to pass
> > $(CONFIG_STATUS_FLAGS) (or a similarly named variable) to allow the
> > user to pass `--silent' to the recheck?
> 
> Could be.  Would anyone use that feature?

Dunno.  Some people use
  make -s LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent

to get as little output as possible now; they could add
CONFIGSTATUSFLAGS=-q too, to silence rechecks, too.  FWIW, I usually
don't; I merely prefer Autoconf to be consistent.

> > OK to commit?
> 
> Yes, and thanks again.

Done, thanks!

Cheers,
Ralf