Re: a question about silent option

[Paul D. Smith]

%% <address@hidden> writes:

  n> When I not select -silent, the the makefile would be not silent,
  n> and print the script before execute it.  but if makefile is
  n> included in other makefile, it seems current makefile would be
  n> silent.

I'm not sure what you are asking here.

The --silent flag takes effect for the entire make process, which
includes all "included" makefiles.

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