Re: libtool --silent based on MAKEFLAGS?

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

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 Ralf> So, how about this?  Let's have Automake include $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) in
 Ralf> their libtool invocation.  The user can then use
 Ralf> LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent
 Ralf> at either configure or make time.  This approach is Automake-centric,
 Ralf> but other buildtools can do similar.

Sounds sensible to me.  People have also asked this to specify
--preserve-dup-deps, and --tag=FOO in cases Automake cannot
guess it.

Let's make it `$(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS)' with 
`$(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS)' replaced by `libfoo_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS' if it exists.

I'm working on this right now.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz