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

[Nico Sabbi]

On Wednesday 14 May 2008 13:12:41 Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> 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.

I agree completely.
Unfortunately the mania of hiding details from users is spreading
like the plague in various places  (compilations, boot messages 
and more) as if users had anything to gain in ignoring what's 
happening under their noses