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authorPhilip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>2005-05-17 09:53:34 +0000
committerPhilip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>2005-05-17 09:53:34 +0000
commitc1ac69960f6c08393233fe99fe44a1c99373e6df (patch)
tree94bb786de8225bf4fc5b4b9b13072eb89d50bf46 /doc/doc-txt
parentc9f149f54159a21512e6cd88df8f23a30a5fd038 (diff)
Tidy up "make" output along the lines of a 2.6 kernel make (just a short
line for each compile). The full output can still be requested, however.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/doc-txt')
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/NewStuff15
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 80b22b30e..3848f78c7 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.136 2005/05/11 08:05:10 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.137 2005/05/17 09:53:34 ph10 Exp $
Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
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@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ PH/01 When a transport filter timed out in a pipe delivery, and the pipe
TK/01 Fix poll() being unavailable on Mac OSX 10.2.
+PH/02 Reduce the amount of output that "make" produces by default. Full output
+ can still be requested.
+
Exim version 4.51
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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 98c6fe258..a4ac7e5ad 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.40 2005/05/10 10:19:11 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.41 2005/05/17 09:53:34 ph10 Exp $
New Features in Exim
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@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ TF/01 Support for checking Client SMTP Authorization has been added. CSA is a
The authorization code can be "Y" for yes, "N" for no, "X" for explicit
authorization required but absent, or "?" for unknown.
+PH/01 The amount of output produced by the "make" process has been reduced,
+ because the compile lines are often rather long, making it all pretty
+ unreadable. The new style is along the lines of the 2.6 Linux kernel:
+ just a short line for each module that is being compiled or linked.
+ However, it is still possible to get the full output, by calling "make"
+ like this:
+
+ FULLECHO='' make -e
+
+ The value of FULLECHO defaults to "@", the flag character that suppresses
+ command reflection in "make". When you ask for the full output, it is
+ given in addition to the the short output.
+
Version 4.51
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