Re: Any idea why "make V=1" isn't working for me?

[Paul Eggert]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> Shouldn't "make V=1" show the full command?

Possibly it's your 'make' implementation. 'make V=1' is more-verbose only if 
your 'make' groks nested variable expansions (a GNU extension to POSIX). If your 
'make' doesn't support this feature, the 'V=1' is ineffective, and you have to 
enable verbosity at configure-time instead. By default, verbosity is disabled 
because Emacs's configure.ac contains 'AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])'; if you are using 
a non-GNU 'make' and want verbose output you can configure with './configure 
--disable-silent-rules'.