kevin diggs <diggskevin38@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I would like to add some messages into the build stream. Things like: > > *** Beginning libgcc ... *** > *** Beginning libjava ... *** > > Something easy to locate in a log. I already see lines like make[3]: Entering directory `/home/iant/gcc/bootstrap/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libgcc' That seems sufficient to me. > Can someone more familiar with the GCC build system make some > suggestions. Where to put them? Makefile.{in,am,tpl (tpl???)}? Maybe a > code fragment. Top level Makefile.tpl. As the comment at the top of that file indicates, you generate Makefile.in from Makefile.tpl and Makefile.def using autogen. > I can't even get rid of debug information for a 4.3.5 build. If bootstrapping: make BOOT_CFLAGS="-O2" If not bootstrapping (i.e., building a cross-compiler): make CFLAGS="-O2" Ian