Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> wrote on 2010/01/31 08:38:38: > > [ moving to libtool@ from automake@; this is > > <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/11347/focus=11374> > this particular message is about whether the relinking warning and the > warning about the need to --finish should be changed to be notices > only, which would cause them to not be displayed with `libtool --silent' > which implies that an Automake --enable-silent-rules build would not > show them at `make install' time. > ] > > > > If you additionally would like to not see output from libtool, pass > > > LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent > > > > I do so but still see those msgs. It just occurred to me > > that ltmain.sh could change those line from func_warning > > to func_verbose instead: > > My problem with that change is that, the relinking and finish > really are information that some users need to know about. > If you don't --finish, then your libraries won't be found by > the runtime linker. If relinking happens as another user than > the one who ran `make all', that is a problem to know about, too, > because it can lead to problems with file ownership and directory > write permission.
But they are not errors so they should not be directed to stderr no matter what. Then one can argue if --silent should suppress these msgs too or not. > > So the question really is whether to make their life harder for > making your life easier. Not really, I think autotools(including libtool) should support both the user trying to build some SW pkg he/she has downloaded and the developer who is working to improve the said pkg in his daliy work. I am in the latter group > > I'd like to know what other libtool people think about this, so > feedback appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ralf > > > --- ltmain.sh (revision 57662) > > +++ ltmain.sh (working copy) > > @@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ > > relink_command=`$ECHO "X$relink_command" | $Xsed -e > > "s...@inst_prefix_dir@%%"` > > fi > > > > - func_warning "relinking \`$file'" > > + func_verbose "relinking \`$file'" > > func_show_eval "$relink_command" \ > > 'func_fatal_error "error: relink \`$file'\'' with the above command > before installing it"' > > fi > > @@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ > > done > > > > test -n "$future_libdirs" && \ > > - func_warning "remember to run \`$progname --finish$future_libdirs'" > > + func_verbose "remember to run \`$progname --finish$future_libdirs'" > > > > if test -n "$current_libdirs"; then > > # Maybe just do a dry run. > _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
