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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-01-11 01:18:15 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-01-11 01:18:48 -0800
commitb995b4ae8f9e08719a92bbe3bd6ac7e8ff091309 (patch)
treec3f5213a2e51c5321d4a3fe6f90faa7b49706941 /INSTALL
parent6cc9ad8d246774837b95b3f01d9007f10d89c9cc (diff)
Default to 'configure --enable-silent-rules'
This greatly shortens the 'make' output, making it more readable and useful. For example, on my platform it shortens a 4125-character line "gcc -std=gnu99 -c -Demacs -I. -I. -I../lib ... emacs.c" -- a line so long that it's hard to see what's going on or where the diagnostics are -- to just "CC emacs.o". * INSTALL: Document this. * configure.ac: Add AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]). (AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY): Remove now-unnecessary initialization. * etc/NEWS: Document this. Fixes: bug#19501
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@@ -316,10 +316,9 @@ generated warnings may still be useful, though you may prefer building
with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS=' so that the warnings are not treated as
errors.
-Use --enable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to chatter less. This is
-helpful when combined with options like --enable-gcc-warnings that
-generate long shell-command lines. 'make V=0' also suppresses the
-chatter.
+Use --disable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to give more details about
+the commands it executes. This can be helpful when debugging a build
+that goes awry. 'make V=1' also enables the extra chatter.
Use --enable-link-time-optimization to enable link-time optimizer. If
you're using GNU compiler, this feature is supported since version 4.5.0.