Michael,
When learning it makes it much easier when I can see the previous commands (the ones before `make build`) and their responses. Using the `history` command was not always helpful. Make build clears the Terminal and wipes out my past commands.
Overly simple example of what I want to fix and view:
On May 30, 2022, at 3:33 AM, Michael Tremer michael.tremer@ipfire.org wrote:
Hello Jon,
I do not quite understand how the clear makes the build harder to read.
I am happy to drop the clear entirely, because it doesn’t add that much to the experience.
-Michael
On 29 May 2022, at 19:51, Jon Murphy jon.murphy@ipfire.org wrote:
- minor changes to build and toolchain section
- screen will not clear if option "--no-clear" is included
- assists beginners (me!) view all steps in build process
Signed-off-by: Jon Murphy jon.murphy@ipfire.org
doc/make.sh-usage | 3 +++ make.sh | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/make.sh-usage b/doc/make.sh-usage index 5e1e3dd22..32e7fd862 100644 --- a/doc/make.sh-usage +++ b/doc/make.sh-usage @@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ Options: the desired target architecture. Can be permanently set with TARGET_ARCH= in .config.
- --no-clear : do not clear screen when during command build or toolchain
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh index 3ed9190b9..1e22a513b 100755 --- a/make.sh +++ b/make.sh @@ -1803,11 +1803,17 @@ ipfirepackages() { rm -rf $BASEDIR/build/install/packages/* }
+# Default setting +CLEAR_SCREEN=true
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do case "${1}" in --target=*) configure_build "${1#--target=}" ;;
--no-clear)CLEAR_SCREEN=false;;@@ -1825,7 +1831,7 @@ build) START_TIME="${SECONDS}"
# Clear screen
- ${INTERACTIVE} && clear
${INTERACTIVE} && ${CLEAR_SCREEN} && clear
PACKAGE="$BASEDIR/cache/toolchains/$SNAME-$VERSION-toolchain-$TOOLCHAINVER-${BUILD_ARCH}.tar.zst" #only restore on a clean disk
@@ -1971,7 +1977,7 @@ downloadsrc) ;; toolchain) # Clear screen
- ${INTERACTIVE} && clear
${INTERACTIVE} && ${CLEAR_SCREEN} && clear
prepareenv print_build_stage "Toolchain compilation (${BUILD_ARCH})"
-- 2.30.2
