Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] autotools: don't output the full config.log on configure failure

2016-01-13 Thread Otavio Salvador
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Ross Burton wrote: > The config.log written by autoconf includes many pages of useless output, > followed by an obfuscated error message, and then more pages of every variable > that's been set. It's only understandable if you're well versed in how > autoconf > b

[OE-core] [PATCH] autotools: don't output the full config.log on configure failure

2016-01-13 Thread Ross Burton
The config.log written by autoconf includes many pages of useless output, followed by an obfuscated error message, and then more pages of every variable that's been set. It's only understandable if you're well versed in how autoconf behaves, and often in simple failure modes doesn't actually make