>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
adl> Personally, I'd prefer that Automake generates Makefiles that adl> shows *every* calls. This would make debuging (at any level) and adl> bug reporting easier. There's always a tension here. People argue vehemently in both directions. Recently I was in a discussion where someone pointed out that even with `make -s' we print tons of junk. In this case the user was complaining about libtool, but the point is just as valid when you look at install rules and the like. adl> Maybe Automake could support a trick similar to PRE_INSTALL and adl> POST_INSTALL to hide most of the output. E.g. if the user set adl> `VERBOSE=:' in the Makefile.am or on the command line, only the adl> final calls to the compiler are printed. (Or do the converse: adl> verbose output on request.) I'd be in favor of something like that. adl> During development I usually compile with `-Werror', this way I adl> can never miss a warning and they are easy to locate (always in adl> the last lines). I always use `make -k'. That way I can go through all the errors in one pass. Tom
