[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #678: Don't output build details for external libraries

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#678: Don't output build details for external libraries
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  Reporter:  eschnett               |       Owner:        
      Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  review
  Priority:  minor                  |   Milestone:        
 Component:  EinsteinToolkit thorn  |     Version:        
Resolution:                         |    Keywords:        
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Comment (by barry.wardell):

 This is certainly an improvement, but there is still quite a lot of
 unnecessary output. For example, the pushd and popd commands echo to
 standard output, so this should probably be redirected to /dev/null.

 I would suggest using a different word than "enclosed". Perhaps "bundled"
 would be better?

 The standard output from the external library configure and build process
 is still output. Should this also be silenced unless verbose is set? I
 would say yes as this information is typically much less relevant than the
 actual Cactus build information.

 For me, the output from inside BEGIN MESSAGE ... END MESSAGE is delayed
 until after the build process has finished, making it worse than useless
 as it then leads to confusing messages like:

 FFTW3: Preparing directory structure...
 FFTW3: Unpacking archive...
 FFTW3: Configuring...
 FFTW3: Building...
 FFTW3: Installing...
 FFTW3: Cleaning up...
 FFTW3: Done.
 FFTW3 selected, but FFTW3_DIR not set. Checking some places...
 FFTW3 not found
 Using enclosed FFTW3...
 Building FFTW3

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