[bug #58364] Inconsistent behavior between 4.3 and 4.2.1

2020-05-14 Thread albert
Follow-up Comment #8, bug #58364 (project make): I agree that it is unfortunate and these things can happen. The "breaking change" was due to the extra number of output lines (and for CMake) with a different syntax and might break automatic scripts. I also think that CMake is widely used but the

[bug #58364] Inconsistent behavior between 4.3 and 4.2.1

2020-05-14 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #58364 (project make): It is unfortunate, but the change (don't allow .SILENT to be passed down to submakes) was not understood to have this side-effect for --no-print-directory until after the release; I've not received any reports from anyone about this as an issue exce

[bug #58364] Inconsistent behavior between 4.3 and 4.2.1

2020-05-14 Thread albert
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #58364 (project make): It is indeed hard to communicate the breaking change to the users / community when it is not in the initial NEWS file. I don't think there isn't a lot that can be done. The current way it is in the, to be released, NEWS file is in my opinion not an