Re: Fw: [PATCH] Enable automake silent rules

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> *From:* Newlib <[email protected]> on
> behalf of Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 8, 2021 4:49 AM
> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [PATCH] Enable automake silent rules
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> On Dec  7 20:12, Jon Turney wrote:
> > Use AM_SILENT_RULES, to enable automake silent rules (by default), if we
> > are using a version of automake which supports it (>=1.11).
> >
> > Silent rules can be disabled by configuring with
> '--disable-silent-rules',
> > or invoking 'make V=1'.
> >
> > For ease of reviewing, this patch doesn't contain configure and
> > Makefile.in regeneration.
> >
> > Future work: There are a few compilations which are not silenced by
> > this, as they use custom rules.
> > ---
> >  newlib/README       | 3 +++
> >  newlib/acinclude.m4 | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/newlib/README b/newlib/README
> > index c82bf8b8c..1c0541284 100644
> > --- a/newlib/README
> > +++ b/newlib/README
> > @@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ directories, you can run `make' on them in parallel
> (for example, if
> >  they are NFS-mounted on each of the hosts); they will not interfere
> >  with each other.
> >
> > +   By default, the execution of build rules in `make' is less verbose.
> > +To disable, run `make V=1'; or use the `--disable-silent-rules’ option
> > +of `./configure'.
> >
> >  Specifying names for hosts and targets
> >  ======================================
> > diff --git a/newlib/acinclude.m4 b/newlib/acinclude.m4
> > index 05e545c9f..42af6b548 100644
> > --- a/newlib/acinclude.m4
> > +++ b/newlib/acinclude.m4
> > @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ AC_SUBST(newlib_basedir)
> >  AC_CANONICAL_HOST
> >
> >  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([cygnus no-define 1.9.5])
> > +m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES(yes)])
> >
> >  # FIXME: We temporarily define our own version of AC_PROG_CC.  This is
> >  # copied from autoconf 2.12, but does not call AC_PROG_CC_WORKS.  We
> > --
> > 2.34.1
>
> Still nice :)
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>
> Corinna
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>
The addition looks nice, thank you.
Craig