Re: RFC: silent rules

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Paul, Akim.

On 01/25/2012 08:41 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 01/25/2012 04:02 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
>> I like silent rules _a lot_.  They really help see hidden 
>> warnings/messages in the logs, yet it's very easy (pass V=1 to make)
>> to restore the verbose behavior.
> 
> They're nice, but if we use them, we must also use bleeding-edge
> Automake (latest git on maint branch, or Automake 1.11.3 or later when
> 1.11.3 comes out) when cutting releases, so that the resulting
> makefiles are POSIX-compliant.  Otherwise, Bison won't build on
> systems like HP NonStop whose 'make' implementations conform to POSIX
> but do not support nested variables like GNU make does.  Please see
> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9928>.
> 
> It may be simplest to wait until Automake 1.11.3 comes out before
> applying that patch.  I don't think this will be long.
> 
The beta for 1.11.3 is already out:

  <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-01/msg00040.html>

(and any testing of it would be appreciated ;-)

If there are no major problems, 1.11.3 should be released in a about a week.

Regards,
  Stefano