This allows to detect -s option without checking GNU Make version. As commit e36aaea28972 ("kbuild: Fix silent builds with make-4") pointed out, GNU Make 4.x changed the way/order it presents the command line options into MAKEFLAGS. In Make 3.8x, 's' is always be the first in a group of short options. The group could be prefixed with '-'. In Make 4.x, 's' is always the last in a group of short options. As commit e6ac89fabd03 ("kbuild: Correctly deal with make options which contain an 's'") addressed, we also need to deal with long options that end with 's', like --warn-undefined-variables. Test cases: [1] command line input: make --silent -> MAKEFLAGS for Make 3.8x: s -> MAKEFLAGS for Make 4.x : s [2] command line input: make -srR -> MAKEFLAGS for Make 3.8x: sRr -> MAKEFLAGS for Make 4.x : rRs [3] command line input: make -s -rR --warn-undefined-variables -> MAKEFLAGS for Make 3.8x: --warn-undefined-variables -sRr -> MAKEFLAGS for Make 4.x : rRs --warn-undefined-variables We can take care of them, by filtering out long options (--%), then matching -s% s% %s patterns. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 9 +-------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index b1ee4a4..d8b5c42 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -84,17 +84,10 @@ endif # If the user is running make -s (silent mode), suppress echoing of # commands -ifneq ($(filter 4.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),) # make-4 -ifneq ($(filter %s ,$(firstword x$(MAKEFLAGS))),) +ifneq ($(filter -s% s% %s,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),) quiet=silent_ tools_silent=s endif -else # make-3.8x -ifneq ($(filter s% -s%,$(MAKEFLAGS)),) - quiet=silent_ - tools_silent=-s -endif -endif export quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html