Re: [PATCH] build: use automake's --silent-rules option when possible

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Bob, Jim,

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 04:40:16PM CET:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Jim Meyering wrote:
>
>> I like automake's upcoming --silent-rules option enough
>> that I'm making it the default (when possible) for coreutils.
[...]
>> CC  id.o
>
> What happens when things go wrong with the compilation command line? How 
> will the user diagnose build problems in this Linux-kernel like mode?

Use 'make V=1'.

Cheers,
Ralf