[bug #65600] `--silent` option should also silence `$(info ...)`

[Gökçe]

URL:
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                 Summary: `--silent` option should also silence `$(info ...)`
                   Group: make
               Submitter: goekce
               Submitted: Tue 16 Apr 2024 10:14:04 AM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 4.4.1
        Operating System: POSIX-Based
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None


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Date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 10:14:04 AM UTC By: Gökçe <goekce>
Currently `--silent` option only silences the output of the executed commands.
Some users of make use `echo` or `$(info ..)` to summarize what is being done
in a recipe and use `@` to silence the executed commands. However it is not
possible to silence `echo` or `$(info ..)`. 

IMHO silencing the output is important in user-facing applications that still
make use of makefiles, e.g., an application that creates a simulation binary
from provided code.

I propose that `--silence` should include `$(info ..)`, but not `$(warning
..)` and `$(error ..)`. What do you think?







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