Re: make: meta mode silent=yes

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20110826002856.5579F1C70DB%bad.crufty.net@localhost>,
Simon J. Gerraty <sjg%crufty.net@localhost> wrote:
>The patch below allows better control over the amount of log data
>produced.
>
>Basically, if we run in meta mode, and a .meta file is created 
>we do not need to see all the associated commands in the log file,
>since they (and lots more) are in the .meta file for that target.

I find the fix confusing. I don't like to have both positive and negative
options for the same predicate, because it is unclear to the user which
one wins. Surely, there must be a better way. Perhaps there should be a
meta logging flag, that needs to be set for something to end up in the
meta log?

christos