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2007-08-05

(C) 2007 guidod
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peti_silent_mode

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Synopsis
PETI_SILENT_MODE(on|off)
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Version

2006-06-04

Author

Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>

License

AllPermissive
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. Users of this software should generally follow the principles of the MIT License includings its disclaimer.

Category

cryp.to ac-archive's Obsoleted (obsoleted)

Documentation

  • obsoleted Renamed to AX_SILENT_MODE.

Temporarily disable console output. For example: 

 PETI_SILENT_MODE(on)    dnl be silent
 AC_PROG_CXX
 PETI_SILENT_MODE(off)   dnl talk to me again
 AC_PROG_RANLIB

Many thanks to Paolo Bonzini for proposing this macro.

M4 Source Code
AC_DEFUN([PETI_SILENT_MODE],
  [
  case "$1" in
    on)
      exec 6&gt;/dev/null
      ;;
    off)
      exec 6&gt;&amp;1
      ;;
    *)
      AC_MSG_ERROR(Silent mode can only be switched "on" or "off".)
      ;;
  esac
  ])dnl