Re: GOP-PROP 5: build system output (final)

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Graham Percival" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 4:32 AM
Subject: GOP-PROP 5: build system output (final)



>      The user may optionally request additional output to be
> printed; this is controlled with the VERBOSE=x flag. In such
> cases, all output will still be written to log files; the console
> output is strictly additional to the log files.


> The standard way for GNU packages to give more output is with a
> V=x option. Presumably this is done by increasing x? If we support
> this option, we should still write log files; we would simply
> print more of the info in those log files to screen.

My only comment is that it's generally the case that output is directed to 
logfiles using the redirect operator > .  If we do this, it's hard to make 
it also appear on the console (unless someone knows an easy way).  I'd not 
noticed the "print info in those log files to screen" bit.  My thoughts 
would be that the general rule is - if you ask for verbose, then you get 
more "Processing xxx.ly file" messages.  You'd then check xxx.log for 
problems.

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Phil Holmes