On Sep 23, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> Is the silent-rules clause in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE exactly equivalent to >> calling AM_SILENT_RULES? > > Yes.
Weird -- when I do this: Index: configure.ac =================================================================== --- configure.ac (revision 23795) +++ configure.ac (working copy) @@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ # # Init automake # -AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 subdir-objects no-define 1.10 tar-ustar]) +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 subdir-objects no-define 1.11 silent-rules tar-ustar]) -# If Automake supports silent rules, enable them. -m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])]) - # Make configure depend on the VERSION file, since it's used in AC_INIT AC_SUBST([CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES], ['$(top_srcdir)/VERSION']) I do not get silent rules behavior -- I still get the old verbose behavior. This is with: ----- [9:23] rtp-jsquyres-8717:~/svn/ompi % automake --version | head -1 automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1 [9:23] rtp-jsquyres-8717:~/svn/ompi % libtool --version | head -1 libtool (GNU libtool) 2.2.10 [9:23] rtp-jsquyres-8717:~/svn/ompi % autoconf --version | head -1 autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.67 ----- Specifically, I only seem to get silent rules behavior if I AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]). Weird. I guess I'll remove the m4_ifdef but still leave the AM_SILENT_RULES([yes]). -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/