Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> I like automake's upcoming --silent-rules option enough >> that I'm making it the default (when possible) for coreutils. > Well, if you think such a step to be helpful, I disagree.
Then you can build with "make V=1". >> Since I bootstrap using automake from its "next" branch, it's >> enabled for me. And that translates to enhanced Makefile.in >> files in the tarballs I generate. The net result is that when >> you run "make" (using distributed Makefile.in files), you'll >> see something like this: >> >> ... >> CC id.o > Now your users won't see the "silent bugs" your package comes with. > > I am seriously asking: Why are you doing this? I find it far easier to spot compiler warnings this way. That's essential, when not using -Werror.
