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

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:37:17 +0100
From: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] kbuild: deb-pkg: make debian/rules quiet by default

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@...sle.eu> 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