Eric Blake wrote: > Would it be possible to change gnulib-tool to generate the appropriate > $(AM_V_GEN) output itself, rather than making bootstrap do a post-process > pass? After all, not all projects use the bootstrap script.
Seconded, because - the silencing that you have in mind can also be useful for projects that don't use this particular 'bootstrap' script, - making the change in gnulib-tool is certainly more reliable that through post-processing. When I use --enable-silent-rules, there is not much output that is not like CC strstr.lo CCLD libgnu.la So for me, the status quo in gnulib-tool is quite fine. If you have different goals, possibly to change *all* Makefile rules to be of this GEN target form, feel free to implement a gnulib-tool option --makefile-verbosity={normal,minimal} Since the desired output is a matter of taste, I expect that this option could take additional values in the long run, not only 'normal', 'minimal'. Bruno