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authorSam James <sam@gentoo.org>2021-03-30 09:52:44 +0000
committerUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2021-03-30 20:14:57 +0200
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ebuild-writing/common-mistakes: modernise autotools/econf advice on verbose log
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml
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+++ b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ There are several ways to fix non-verbose build logs depending on the build syst
takes arguments as well which are passed to make).
</li>
<li>
- For <c>autotools</c> based build systems you can pass
- '--disable-silent-rules' to econf, or use EAPI 5 where that argument is
- passed automatically. <c>emake V=1</c> should also work.
+ For <c>autotools</c> based build systems, <c>econf</c> automatically
+ passes '--disable-silent-rules' to <c>./configure</c>. If necessary,
+ <c>emake V=1</c> should also work. Note that <c>V=1</c> is not a universal
+ parameter so may not always work.
</li>
<li>
For custom Makefiles, you often have to write a patch. Try to get