Re: Pass --quiet when $MAKEFLAGS contains `s'

[Ben Elliston]

Hi Ralf

> list, partly in the libtool at gnu.org list, subject `libtool
> --silent based on MAKEFLAGS?').  We've come to the conclusion that
> it would be better not to abuse other tools' flags (in this case:
> MAKEFLAGS is for make), but adjust Automake to call libtool with
> LIBTOOLFLAGS.

That sounds reasonable to me.  I considered the idea of attacking it
via Automake, since it's the glue that knows about all the individual
tools.

> So you can get the same effect with
>   make -s LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent

Excellent.  Thanks,

Ben

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