silent-rules (was: checking automake version in configure.ac)

[Ralf Wildenhues]

[ adding automake@ ]

Hello Ralf,

* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 05:49:52PM CEST:
> a) AM_SILENT_RULES are harmful (I know, you know that I think about
> this (mal-) "feature" this way - Working around the issues they are
> causing in Fedora packaging is a major nuissance.)

Could you expand on this nuisance a bit more?

What work does it cause except for using --disable-silent-rules at
configure time or V=1 at make time?  This is an honest question;
I'd like to avoid extra work for distributors.

Thanks,
Ralf