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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:07:47 -0700
> 
> 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'.

The MS-Windows build always uses GNU Make, so this is not the reason.