Re: Various updates to reduce make doc output (issue 5727055)

[Julien Rioux]

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <address@hidden>
>> http://codereview.appspot.com/5727055/diff/1/Documentation/GNUmakefile#newcode283
>> Documentation/GNUmakefile:283: cd $(outdir) &&
>> $(buildscript-dir)/run-and-check "$(LILYPOND_BINARY) --verbose
>> $(top-src-dir)/ly/generate-documentation" "$(*F).log"
>> Why not just call it "generate-documentation.log"
>
>
> I did think of that, too!  It actually produces internals.log, and I thought
> that might fit better with the target.  I used the make variable to be
> relatively consistent with the other invocations.
>

Since this is a very specific rule and not a catch-all, there is no
benefit in using the make variable. The filename also clashes with
internals.log produced by pdflatex. That's why I think something else
would be better.

Cheers,
Julien