Re: [PATCHv2 6/6] gdb/build: apply silent-rules.mk to the data-directory Makefile.in

[Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>]

On 2024-04-06 13:03, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> This commit makes use of gdb/silent-rules.mk in the data-directory
> Makefile.in.  I've only updated the rules that actually generate
> things, I've not touched the install or uninstall rules, this matches
> gdb/Makefile.in.

When I first worked on adding silent rules, I did the first 80% (most
importantly the compilation of C/C++ files).  My goal was to be able to
kinda see the progress of my build, and that was enough (an output like
Ninja does would be awesome, but I don't think that's happening anytime
soon).  Thanks for working on the other 80%.

> I've not managed to completely silence all of the recipe output, the
> mkinstalldirs command outputs some diagnostic text which looks like
> this:
> 
>     GEN    stamp-python
>   mkdir -p -- ./python/gdb
>   mkdir -p -- ./python/gdb/command
>   mkdir -p -- ./python/gdb/dap
>   mkdir -p -- ./python/gdb/function
>   mkdir -p -- ./python/gdb/printer

The output of these targets is a bit funny, "stamp-something".  It's as
if the stamp file was the final artefact we're interested in, when in
fact it's a build system detail.  Not a problem for me though.

Simon