[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] automake: make the build less chatty

[Emil Velikov]

On 7 December 2016 at 20:20, Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net> wrote:
> Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>
>> Having the "Entering|Leaving directory X" messages it not required nor
>> useful in vast majority of the cases.
>>
>> One can always have them printed by `make -w' or by overriding the
>> AM_MAKEFLAGS variable.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>
> I tried this out today and it breaks my go-to-error macro in emacs.  I
> don't see how an IDE could parse the build output any more to implement
> it, either.
>
If one cannot use `make -w' (which I strongly recommend), using $path
in "Making all in $path" and appending it to the current path should
work.
Since we don't have the "leaving" messages - if $cwd/$path does not
exist, try cwd=$cwd/.. until it does.

Must admit it's a bit fiddly but definitely doable.
Either way, take it or leave it ...

-Emil