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Re: FYI: fixing output of aclocal --verbose
From: |
Pavel Roskin |
Subject: |
Re: FYI: fixing output of aclocal --verbose |
Date: |
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:05:01 -0500 (EST) |
Hello, Akim!
> Pavel> Hello! Aclocal didn't follow the GNU standard for the output
> Pavel> of non-interactive programs. Now all messages printed by
> Pavel> "aclocal --verbose" will start with "aclocal: " to make it
> Pavel> easier to find them in the autoreconf output.
>
> While you're at it, I'd like to say that it is not right to display
> `aclocal:', it should be basename $0. Not that automake and aclocal
> are often installed under some other name, but...
Another related question before I go ahead and enforce a single standard.
Should versobe messages go to stdout or stderr? Automake uses stdout,
while all other auto* and aclocal use stderr.
Regards,
Pavel Roskin