Re: turning off @

[Noel Yap]

I was hoping I wouldn't have to go this route, but it looks like there's no 
other way.  I think I would've had to do this eventually, anyway, since some 
commands, like yours, isn't simply on/off.

Thanks,
Noel

Boris Kolpackov wrote:

> address@hidden (Noel Yap) writes:
>
>
>
> > I have many files that are
> > generated and I care about the commands only when debugging.
>
>
> In my build system I have $(call message) function that accepts
> two arguments: first is what to print, second is what to execute:
>
> %.o : %.cxx
>         $(call message,c++ $<,g++ -c $< -o $@)
>
> But that's not all. There is also a variable called `verbose' which,
> when defined, makes `message' print what it's actually executing. Very
> handy when debugging.
>
>
>
> > target:
> >         @complicated-command-to-create-target >$(@)
>
>
> target:
>         $(call message,,complicated-command-to-create-target >$(@))
>
>
>
> > $ gmake --verbose
>
>
> $ gmake verbose=1
>
>
> -boris
>
>
>
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