On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Steffen Boerm wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Simply using the ".SILENT: ..." pseudo-target goes a little too > > > far, I would prefer something similar to the behaviour of the > > > Linux kernel Makefiles, e.g., printing only the line > > > > > Compiling foo.c > > > > > when foo.c is compiled. > > > > > Is there a portable way of doing this? > > > > Modifying the rules that are output to silently compile and echo stuff, > > sure. > > What is the best way of doing this?
There's probably more than one. I implement this in my larger configure scripts as a --disable-echo option (see ncurses for example). otoh, I've not found a constructive use for automake (so my macros don't take it into account). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
