[U-Boot-Users] RFC: Concise Build Output

gvb.uboot gvb.uboot at gmail.com
Fri Jan 25 01:23:26 CET 2008


Grant Likely wrote:
> On 1/23/08, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
>> Dear Jon,
>>
>> in message <E1JHnoD-0004we-IN at jdl.com> you wrote:
>>> In the spirit of the Linux and Git build systems,
>>> I have a modified U-Boot build system that supports
>>> a much more concise output!  One of the primary
>>> motivations for this style of output is that it
>>> will very readily highlight build issues and problems
>>> as your build progresses.  The original, complete
>>> build output is obtainable by simply supplying "V=1"
>>> on the make invocation in exactly the same way as
>>> both Linux and Git do today.
> <snip>
>> So my question is: which problem are you trying to solve that is  not
>> already solved by "make -s" or "MAKEALL"? I don't really see the need
>> for a solution between no output and full output. YMMV, of course.
>>
>> Hope I didn't frustrate you - I still appreciate the effort.
> 
> Hey Jon, Wolfgang;
> 
> I think this is a good change myself.  The biggest reason is that it
> makes the default output terse instead of verbose.  I'd hazard to
> wager that most developers don't use 'make -s', MAKEALL, or anything
> else to trim the output (I certainly don't).  By making the default
> output terse, with errors and warning visually distinct from progress
> indication, in increases the likelyhood that warnings will actually
> get seen and fixed (because more people will notice it).
> 
> I say make this change.
> 
> Cheers,
> g.

Plus my 2 cents if this is a voting matter.

gvb




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