This has been available since automake 1.11 released over a decade
ago. Let's flip the default to enable silent builds by default.
---
NEWS | 9 +++++++++
m4/silent.m4 | 2 +-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fb05ee219708..866ace951fd5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ please see NEWS-2.0 and start following the advice there now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+New in 1.17:
+
+* Miscellaneous changes
+
+ - Silent rules are enabled by default. They can be disabled with the call
+ `AM_SILENT_RULES([no])`.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
New in 1.16.5:
* Bugs fixed
diff --git a/m4/silent.m4 b/m4/silent.m4
index 7d6036a68134..419d3ebc6181 100644
--- a/m4/silent.m4
+++ b/m4/silent.m4
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AS_HELP_STRING(
case $enable_silent_rules in @%:@ (((
yes) AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=0;;
no) AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1;;
- *) AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=m4_if([$1], [yes], [0], [1]);;
+ *) AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=m4_if([$1], [no], [0], [1]);;
esac
dnl
dnl A few 'make' implementations (e.g., NonStop OS and NextStep)
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2.33.0
