On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 07:59:42PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.9.2.0 > Severity: normal > > [https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2011/03/msg00016.html] > > It was suggested to move this to debian-policy. > > It's always interesting to look at build logs, or to receive bug reports of > the form > > CC > <compiler error message> > > or > > CCLD > <linker error message> > > without knowing how the compiler or the linker were called. Maybe it is > convenient for a package maintainer watching the build scrolling by (some of > these are even colorized), but lacking this kind of information in the first > place seems to be the wrong thing. So please let us deprecate this > anti-feature > and recommend verbose build logs by default and only turn them off by request > (e.g. with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noverbose). > > The only reason (I know) for needing quiet builds logs should be handled > depending on the buildd (e.g. if sending/emailing a large log is unreliable). > > The majority of quiet build logs comes from cmake based systems and (newer) > automake based systems, so maybe this could be handled by cdbs and debhelper > for > the majority of packages. Other proposals how to include the important > information would be welcome.
To start with, do you know how to desactivate that feature in cmake and automake (and the linux kernel)? Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org