Subject: bug#20077: automake / silent-rules / $(V)

From: Mirko Vogt <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:57:12 +0000

On 20.02.22 19:52, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i don't think changing AM_V_P semantics is feasible.  it's documented in the
> manual as having this behavior and has since automake-1.13 (for ~10 years).

Well, that might be the case by now. When I filed that 7 years ago it 
wasn't, though.

 > this variable is meant to be used by code written by users, not an
 > internal Automake setting.

Which is exactly my point.