On 01/07/2012 07:53 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > [Please CC me on the responses, as I'm not subscribed to the list.]
Using reply-all is list policy, anyways. > > I'm not sure if this is the right place for discussing this issue. If > it isn't, please point me to a better one. > > With latest versions of Autotools, compiling packages by default does > not show the full compilation/link command lines, but only their short > "summaries", like this: > > CC serv.o > CC udp-serv.o > CC common.o > CC p11common.o > CCLD gnutls-serv Yes, and this is a feature of automake (not autoconf). > > This is fine when the build goes smoothly, as it avoids cluttering the > terminal with lengthy commands. However, when something does go > wrong, it is important to see the full command that failed. > > The essence of this mail is that when I bumped into such problems, I > didn't find any obvious place which would explain how to accomplish > that. > > By digging into the produced Makefile's, I finally found that saying > > make AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1 Not quite - the preferred spelling is make V=1. AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY is an implementation detail. > > would accomplish what I needed. I can find this variable documented > in the Automake manual. However, building a package does not require > Automake, and even if it is installed, it is not immediately obvious > that this should be the place to look. As you all well know, the > implementation of the verbosity level is quite contrived and is not > easy to understand even when you find it in the produced Makefile's. > > I'm not quite sure what would be the best way of making this > information more easily available. Perhaps adding it to the standard > INSTALL file, e.g. under "Troubleshooting", would be a first step. It _already_ is in in the INSTALL file, but under the Optional Features section. And there, we mention the preferred spellings: make V=1 or even better, make it default with ./configure --disable-silent-rules It's also possible to set up a config.site that sets this preference by default for all configure scripts. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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