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Re: FYI: fixing output of aclocal --verbose


From: Pavel Roskin
Subject: Re: FYI: fixing output of aclocal --verbose
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:05:01 -0500 (EST)

Hello, Akim!

> Pavel> Hello!  Aclocal didn't follow the GNU standard for the output
> Pavel> of non-interactive programs. Now all messages printed by
> Pavel> "aclocal --verbose" will start with "aclocal: " to make it
> Pavel> easier to find them in the autoreconf output.
>
> While you're at it, I'd like to say that it is not right to display
> `aclocal:', it should be basename $0.  Not that automake and aclocal
> are often installed under some other name, but...

Another related question before I go ahead and enforce a single standard.

Should versobe messages go to stdout or stderr? Automake uses stdout,
while all other auto* and aclocal use stderr.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin




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