Re: [PATCH] build: use automake's --silent-rules option when possible

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009, Jim Meyering wrote:

> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>
> > Jim Meyering wrote:
> > > I like automake's upcoming --silent-rules option enough
> > > that I'm making it the default (when possible) for coreutils.
> > Well, if you think such a step to be helpful, I disagree.
>
> Then you can build with "make V=1".
>
> > > Since I bootstrap using automake from its "next" branch, it's
> > > enabled for me.  And that translates to enhanced Makefile.in
> > > files in the tarballs I generate.  The net result is that when
> > > you run "make" (using distributed Makefile.in files), you'll
> > > see something like this:
> > >
> > >  ...
> > >  CC  id.o
> > Now your users won't see the "silent bugs" your package comes with.
> >
> > I am seriously asking: Why are you doing this?
>
> I find it far easier to spot compiler warnings this way.
> That's essential, when not using -Werror.

well (recalling previous discussion), the reason that Ralf's complaining
is that while it makes working on your program simpler it makes finding 
bugs in _automake_ harder.

(expecting a knee-jerk response: I've seen no credible statements to the 
contrary).

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