On Friday 13 May 2011, Jack Kelly wrote: > [snip] > > >> Maybe we should have a more general method of > >> declaring silencing variables (like the $(AM_V_GEN), but also the > >> others that echo 'CC' and friends. Then users who have unconventional > >> setups can silence things without echoing 'GEN' everywhere. > >> > > If I understand correctly what you're suggesting, then I think the current > > implementation already offers what you want; see the documentation for the > > 'silent-rules' option at: > > > > <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Options.html> > > > > (I know, that is, er, "suboptimally" placed; a patch to fix this is still > > pending). > > > > A relevant excerpt: > > > > You can add your own variables, so strings of your own choice are shown. > > The following snippet shows how you would define your own equivalent of > > AM_V_GEN: > > pkg_verbose = $(pkg_verbose_$(V)) > > pkg_verbose_ = $(pkg_verbose_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)) > > pkg_verbose_0 = @echo PKG-GEN $@; > > > > foo: foo.in > > (pkg_verbose)cp $(srcdir)/foo.in $@ > > Yes. I think it would be nice to make a Makefile.am declaration or m4 > macro to generate this, > I agree. The above idiom seems easy enough to automatize. I'm not sure what the best syntax for this new feature would be, tough.
> the above was what I was looking for. > > -- Jack > Regards, Stefano
