Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Enable backslash escapes for echo.

[Jan Janak <jan@ryngle.com>]

Hi Stefan,

On 26-11 09:17, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> This fixes a visual glitch during a silent compile.
> Before:
> Use "make V=1" to see the verbose compile lines.\n  CC  debugger.o
>   CC    gmime-filter-reply.o
> 
> After:
> Use "make V=1" to see the verbose compile lines.
>   CC    debugger.o
>   CC    gmime-filter-reply.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
> ---
>  Makefile |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 2cd1b1b..2d19a6e 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ include Makefile.config
>  # user how to enable verbose compiles.
>  ifeq ($(V),)
>  quiet_DOC := "Use \"$(MAKE) V=1\" to see the verbose compile lines.\n"
> -quiet = @echo $(quiet_DOC)$(eval quiet_DOC:=)"  $1	$@"; $($1)
> +quiet = @echo -e $(quiet_DOC)$(eval quiet_DOC:=)"  $1	$@"; $($1)
>  endif
>  # The user has explicitly enabled quiet compilation.
>  ifeq ($(V),0)

I sent exactly the same patch a couple of days ago and it was rejected because
it does not work everywhere, see:

http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2009/000370.html

  -- Jan