[CMake] Disable pretty output

David Sveningsson ext at sidvind.com
Tue May 20 08:44:49 EDT 2008


Jesper Eskilson skrev:
> Bill Hoffman wrote:
>> David Sveningsson wrote:
>>> Hi, more newbie questions. The GNU Makefiles generated CMake has some 
>>> nice colored output, progress etc. However I would like to disable 
>>> this and see each command that is run (debugging purpose).
>>>
>> There is no way to turn it off.  You can do make VERBOSE=1 to see the 
>> commands, but they will be mixed with the other stuff as well.
> 
> The output management for the makefile generator has several problems 
> (IMO).
> 
> - When using parallell make, the output becomes jumbled.
> - The -s flag to make is not obeyed.
> - The pretty/colorized progress messages can't be switched off.
> - The progress messages are too long.
> 
> I'd actually like an option to remove all the progress messages from the 
> makefile, alternatively move them out to a separate (replacable) utility.

A separate replaceable utility would be a good solution in my opinion.

> 
> 
> -- 
> /Jesper
> 
> 
> 


-- 


//*David Sveningsson [eXt]*

Freelance coder | Game Development Student
http://sidvind.com

Thou shalt make thy program's purpose and structure clear to thy fellow 
man by using the One True Brace Style, even if thou likest it not, for 
thy creativity is better used in solving problems than in creating 
beautiful new impediments to understanding.


More information about the CMake mailing list