Re: Shrink volume of default make output

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shrink volume of default make output
Date: 2017-01-02 21:57:23
Message-ID: 6675.1483394243@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> writes:
> The recent thread about compiler warnings got me thinking about how it's
> essentially impossible to notice warnings with default make output.
> Perhaps everyone just uses make -s by default, though that's a bit
> annoying since you get no output unless something does warn (and then
> you don't know what directory it was in).

> Is it worth looking into this? I'm guessing this may be moot with the
> CMake work, but it's not clear when that'll make it in. In the meantime,
> ISTM http://stackoverflow.com/a/218295 should be an easy change to make
> (though perhaps with a variable that gives you the old behavior).

I'm not really sure which of the kluges in that article you're proposing
we adopt, but none of them look better than "make -s" to me. Also,
none of them would do anything about make's own verbosity such as
"entering/leaving directory" lines.

regards, tom lane

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