URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67804>
Summary: Excessive "Entering directory" with -O/--output-sync
Group: make
Submitter: cendossm
Submitted: Thu 11 Dec 2025 08:52:14 AM UTC
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Component Version: None
Operating System: None
Fixed Release: None
Triage Status: None
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Date: Thu 11 Dec 2025 08:52:14 AM UTC By: Pierre Ossman <cendossm>
The -O option is a really useful feature. Especially with noisy commands, like
libtool. However, using it for less noisy things causes some grief:
...
make[1]: Entering directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
CC exa_mixed.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
make[1]: Entering directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
CC exa_classic.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
make[1]: Entering directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
CC exa_render.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/local/home/ossman/devel/tigervnc/builddir/native/unix/xserver/exa'
...
It would be nice if the feature could be a bit more clever and only print
those directory lines if it's different from the last thing printed.
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