On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 08:34:05PM +0200, Yegor Yefremov wrote: >> +# enable silent build >> +m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]])) >> + > > I don't understand autoconf magic well enough to understand what that > does - do you have a pointer for me which would explain it?
I don't understand autoconf magic either :-) But this site https://autotools.io/automake/silent.html explains the silent build feature. For me, it makes build output cleaner, so that warnings and errors can be better distinguished from the normal build output. Many projects use this feature. Yegor
