[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] shorten make output

[Andrew Savchenko]

Hi,

On Wednesday 14 May 2008 01:45, The Wanderer wrote:
> Evgeniy Stepanov wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this patch makes build output much shorter and, IMO, more
> > pleasant to the eye. Instead of long gcc command lines only
> > 'CC filename' or 'LINK filename' is printed. The idea and the
> > implementation are taken from linux kernel build system. It
> > can be turned off with 'make V=1'.
>
> I hate that feature of the Linux kernel build system; it's kind
> of nice in theory, and makes no difference when everything goes
> right, but when things are going wrong (or just when you're
> curious) it would be nice to see exactly what the commands are,
> and I've never before heard of a way to do that.

Seconded. Exact compilation commands hiding makes no good for 
troubleshooting or development. If someone wants to enable this 
feature -- well, good, but keep it *disabled* by default, please.
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