Re: make --silent

Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2013-07-23 08:38:03 -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I have noticed that some people post examples using make --silent (-s).
>> I found this actually kind of neat to use from time to time, because
>> then you only see output if you have warnings or errors. But we get
>> some extra output that doesn't quite fit:

>> Writing postgres.bki
>> Writing schemapg.h
>> Writing postgres.description
>> Writing postgres.shdescription
>> Writing fmgroids.h
>> Writing fmgrtab.c

> I personally don't feel the need for those to go away.

I agree --- these let you know that something happened that does not
happen every build, so they're kind of useful. I concur that the noise
from doc building is just noise, though.

>> In file included from gram.y:13612:0:
>> scan.c: In function yy_try_NUL_trans:
>> scan.c:10181:23: warning: unused variable yyg [-Wunused-variable]
>> PostgreSQL, contrib, and documentation successfully made. Ready to install.

> FWIW, I've patched debian's flex just to get rid of this ;)

I think it's fixed officially as of flex 2.5.35.

regards, tom lane