[bug #67804] Excessive "Entering directory" with -O/--output-sync

Pierre Ossman <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 03:52:18 -0500 (EST)

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                 Summary: Excessive "Entering directory" with -O/--output-sync
                   Group: make
               Submitter: cendossm
               Submitted: Thu 11 Dec 2025 08:52:14 AM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
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           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None


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Date: Thu 11 Dec 2025 08:52:14 AM UTC By: Pierre Ossman <cendossm>
The -O option is a really useful feature. Especially with noisy commands, like
libtool. However, using it for less noisy things causes some grief:


...
make[1]: Entering directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
  CC       exa_mixed.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
make[1]: Entering directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
  CC       exa_classic.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
make[1]: Entering directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
  CC       exa_render.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
...


It would be nice if the feature could be a bit more clever and only print
those directory lines if it's different from the last thing printed.







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