Tidy up "make" output along the lines of a 2.6 kernel make (just a short

[users/jgh/exim.git] / doc / doc-txt / NewStuff

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 98c6fe258e141e6be530c13a20780ac538f58807..a4ac7e5adbd43e46bd768e274d879c52094d9bd6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
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@@ -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.
+
 
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