Re: Upcoming changes in default bjam output

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-07 15:43:23

Zbynek Winkler <zw-bjam_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>At a meeting of the Boost moderators who attended the C++ committee
>>meeting last night we decided to change the output that bjam spits out
>>by default to be more consistent with most peoples' expectations: the
>>command being executed will appear on the console (like -d+2) and then
>>the command's output will follow. Rationale is that:
>>
>> a. People who use Make and even many IDEs are used to it
>>
>> b. The current "actions" output is too complicated to be
>> appreciated as a simplification
>>
>> c. The current "actions" output is next to useless. When people
>> run into problems they always need -d+2, and newbies don't know
>> how to get it.
>>
>>I think we may need some small extension to allow the suppression of
>>the executed commands for cases like the "run" rule that's used in
>>testing: it's so ugly as to be unhelpful.
>>
>>If I don't hear loud objections in the next 24 hours, I'm going to
>>implement this change and check it in.
>> 
>>
> I am sad to hear that. Not outputting the commands executed is one of 
> the things I most appreciate about BB. 

I'm only talking about the default.

> Always when I see the output that is generated by compilation of a
> project that uses the autotools makes want run away and scream in
> horror. 5 to 15 lines of output (especially when using gettext) for
> each file compiled that scrolls by so fast and so unexpectedly
> causes that it takes me an awful lot of time just to figure out the
> name of the file being compiled. If the command works, I do not
> really care about all the options. I just want to know what is
> happening (compiling, linking... name of the files involved etc).
>
> Can we have at least an option (command line or rule to put in Jamroot) 
> to retain the current style of output? Thanks.

It's already there, and it wouldn't go away.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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