Re: Linux-kernel style output

[Tommie Gannert]

> > I'm on Gentoo, so I compile alot of stuff from the sources when updating
the
> > system, and that is basically the reason I want to clean up the build
> > process. One line per task is enough, plus it's easier to spot
> > warnings and errors.
>
> Sure.  But I would also guess that, were you to report a bug against
> package foobar, you would know how to recreate the build error
> verbosely, e.g., including the compile command.  In general this can't
> be expected from the average bug reporter, judging from my own
> experience.
>

Okay then. I hope to get a Gentoo flag which enables pretty printing if
available.
(And some automated way of sending bug-reports. Maybe a shell script which
copies config.* and environment variables to a tarball.)

> > If developers want to know the settings a user is using, the user should
> > send them config.log and config.status.
>
> But that's often not enough!  Looking at the compilation line is often
> necessary.
>

But then you have dynamically assigned variables in the Makefile. Otherwise
it would
be deterministic from the Autoconf configuration. Doesn't that mean the
maintainer isn't
using Autoconf fully?

/Tommie