Re: [Libreoffice] default build verbosity

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Michael Stahl <mstahl@redhat.com> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> a recurring problem with remote debugging newbie build problems is that
> the default build is silent.
>
> i wonder if it would make sense to change that:
> with default configure invocation, build system outputs the full command
> to the terminal/log, and there is an explicit configure option to
> silence the build.
>
> so when newbies pastebin their broken build, it's much easier for
> developers to spot wrong command lines without wasting time writing a
> lot of pointless mails and such.
>
> actually for tinderbox builds there could also be advantages (though it
> would also make the logs a lot bigger).

One thing that would mitigate the size of the log in that case would
be to hide the 'untar' output, even in verbose mode
(put it is a separate file in misc/logs for instance)
un-tarring of boost, for instance, account for thousands of line of
pointless output in verbose mode...

even better, for gbuild, would be to store the output of each command
in a file (again logs/xxx) and only display it inn case of problem.
this has the added benefit of keeping the whole output together (*)

Norbert


(*) and the added 'benefit' of allowing fairly stable eye-candy like
coloring the output