[gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/

[Ulrich Müller]

commit:     225b6e2260e0e34523cb793de23cee8d78023764
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 30 09:52:44 2021 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Mar 30 18:14:57 2021 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=225b6e22

ebuild-writing/common-mistakes: modernise autotools/econf advice on verbose log

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml
index 7b47c2c..8afe2a5 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ There are several ways to fix non-verbose build logs depending on the build syst
     takes arguments as well which are passed to make).
   </li>
   <li>
-    For <c>autotools</c> based build systems you can pass
-    '--disable-silent-rules' to econf, or use EAPI 5 where that argument is
-    passed automatically. <c>emake V=1</c> should also work.
+    For <c>autotools</c> based build systems, <c>econf</c> automatically
+    passes '--disable-silent-rules' to <c>./configure</c>. If necessary,
+    <c>emake V=1</c> should also work. Note that <c>V=1</c> is not a universal
+    parameter so may not always work.
   </li>
   <li>
     For custom Makefiles, you often have to write a patch. Try to get