[Buildroot] Silencing the build

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Fabio Porcedda,

On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:40:46 +0200, Fabio Porcedda wrote:

> > Hum, yes, but why? The entire build process is anyway very noisy, so is
> > there really a point in silencing specifically this part? What is the
> > ultimate goal you're trying to achieve here?
> 
> My ultimate goal is to be able using the "-s" flags to silence all
> parts, because sometimes i just want to build and view only ">>> *"
> messages, errors, warning without anything else.
> 
> As example the "toolchain-external" target already do that when the
> "-s" option is used.
> 
> I've silenced only this part because it was easy and it's anyway an improvement.
> 
> Maybe i can work on silencing other parts too if the feature is desired.

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

I guess we need to decide whether having a fully silent build in "make
-s" is a goal we should aim at. It seems like a good idea to me, but I
don't have a really strong opinion about this.

What do others think about this?

Thomas
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