Re: [PATCH 2/5] kbuild: deb-pkg: make debian/rules quiet by default

From: Nicolas Schier
Date: Wed Jan 10 2024 - 08:38:34 EST


On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 11:46:49PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 11:14 PM Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 10:51:57PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > Add $(Q) to commands in debian/rules to make them quiet when the package
> > > built is initiated by 'make deb-pkg'.
> > >
> > > While the commands in debian/rules are not hidden when you directly work
> > > with the debianized tree, you can set 'terse' to DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to
> > > silence them.
> >
> > Reading Debian Policy §4.9 [1] I'd expected some fiddling with V=1 or
> > 'make -s', but I am ok with the simple '@' silencing (which matches my
> > personal preference).
>
>
> Hmm, you are right.
>
>
> Maybe, we should follow what the Debian kernel does.
>
> Debian kernel sets KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 unless
> 'terse' is given.
>
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/debian/6.7-1_exp1/debian/rules.real#L36

yes, I think it makes sense to do the Debian way.

Kind regards,
Nicolas