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Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 02:05:36 +0200
From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net>
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To: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>
CC: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.69-bk19 "make" messages much less informative
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John Levon wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 03:23:05PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> 
> 
>>	2.5.69-bk19 dumbs down the messages from make into a format
> 
> 
> You can use make V=1 (I hope) to get the proper behaviour back
> 
> 
>>	This is much less informative than seeing the actual CC commands.
> 
> 
> I completely agree. A step backwards :( V=0 is certainly useful but it
> shouldn't be the default. You can't force people to pay attention to
> warnings, only encourage them...

If something stands out clearly, people tend to notice it. Assuming only
one person gets annoyed enough to submit fixes for the warnings, this is
a net win.
V=0 still works, only the default was changed.


Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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http://www.hailfinger.org/

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