Re: [RFC] Docs: document silent make rules in a new chapter

[Eric Blake]

On 12/04/2010 01:48 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hello automakers.
> 
> I've worked some more on this, and I think I've now managed to find
> the proper layout for the new chapter, and a decently complete list
> of topics to be touched.  There are still some TODOs and rough edges,
> but I think the patch is approaching to a state acceptable for
> application.
> 
> Attached are the new version of the patch, plus the diffs from the
> older version.
> 
> Any feedback before I attempt the final respin would be really
> appreciated.

> address@hidden default verbosity for silent-rules
> +Note that silent rules are @emph{enabled} by default; the user have to

disabled by default

> +enable them explicitly at either make at either @command{configure} run
> +time or at @command{make} run time.
> +

One thing that might also be worth mentioning is that a user can set
their own preferences via a config.site file (for example, I have
enable_silent_rules=yes as one of the lines in my
/usr/local/share/config.site).

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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