Re: AM_V_GEN - better docs

2010-11-12 Thread Miles Bader
Patrick Rutkowski writes: > I don't get from that page how to apply to all my $(CC) build > commands, and I really want to quiet down this very messy "make" > output I now have. When silent-rules is enabled, you don't need to do anything special in Makefile.am for "normal" commands (those command

Re: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long

2010-11-12 Thread Pippijn van Steenhoven
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 09:54:35PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > In other words, I can't make dist even with GNU make 3.82? What do you > > suggest, then? > > Well, you could try my patch from > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs/4219 > (append /raw to the URL to get it unmangle

Re: [RFC] Make build and install dirs used by distcheck configurable. (was: Re: absolute build directory with spaces)

2010-11-12 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello automakers and gnulibers. Is anyone still interested in this feature? If yes, I have some simple updates, second thoughts, and new ideas, for which comments are welcome. If not, let me know before I start investing more time on the implementation! On Monday 06 September 2010, Stefano Latt

Re: AM_V_GEN - better docs

2010-11-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Patrick, Miles, * Miles Bader wrote on Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 09:00:55AM CET: > Patrick Rutkowski writes: > > I don't get from that page how to apply to all my $(CC) build > > commands, and I really want to quiet down this very messy "make" > > output I now have. *snip explanations* Thanks.

Re: AM_V_GEN - better docs

2010-11-12 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 12 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Patrick, Miles, > > * Miles Bader wrote on Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 09:00:55AM CET: > > Patrick Rutkowski writes: > > > I don't get from that page how to apply to all my $(CC) build > > > commands, and I really want to quiet down this very me

Re: AM_V_GEN - better docs

2010-11-12 Thread Miles Bader
Patrick Rutkowski writes: > I don't get from that page how to apply to all my $(CC) build > commands, and I really want to quiet down this very messy "make" > output I now have. When silent-rules is enabled, you don't need to do anything special in Makefile.am for "normal" commands (those command

Re: AM_V_GEN - better docs

2010-11-12 Thread Miles Bader
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> It might be time to reconsider this decision. > If we document it, we should at least advise against it IMHO. ... or just give the pros and cons. That seems likely to be more convincing and less annoying... -miles -- Cat is power.