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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-08-18 12:19:06 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-08-18 12:19:06 +0000
commit1eddee59f22b56a4b098921083780990dc1f0468 (patch)
tree5a5bfa90422920dc06961f8c362876e31c7b16ee /doc/manual
parent937ce0cd214c12276a2c373b515dc2541d1582fd (diff)
* The default verbosity level of all Nix commands is now lvlInfo.
* Builder output is written to standard error by default. * The option `-B' is gone. * The option `-Q' suppresses builder output. The result of this is that most Nix invocations shouldn't need any flags w.r.t. logging.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/opt-common.xml13
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml b/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml
index f848ad249..033189d0b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
<arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg rep='repeat'><option>--verbose</option></arg>
<arg rep='repeat'><option>-v</option></arg>
-<arg><option>--build-output</option></arg>
-<arg><option>-B</option></arg>
+<arg><option>--no-build-output</option></arg>
+<arg><option>-Q</option></arg>
<arg>
<group choice='req'>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--max-jobs</option></arg>
diff --git a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
index db8a60eca..0cfd6ba21 100644
--- a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
<para>
<quote>Informational</quote>: print
<emphasis>useful</emphasis> messages about what Nix is
- doing.
+ doing. This is the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -94,14 +94,13 @@
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--build-output</option> / <option>-B</option></term>
+ <term><option>--no-build-output</option> / <option>-Q</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Causes the output written by build actions to standard output
- and standard error to be echoed to standard error, regardless of
- verbosity level. By default, it is only echoed at a verbosity
- level of at least 4 (<quote>Debug</quote>), and is suppressed at
- lower levels. Note that it is always written to a log file in
+ By default, output written by builders to standard output and
+ standard error is echoed to the Nix command's standard error.
+ This option suppresses this behaviour. Note that the builder's
+ standard output and error are always written to a log file in
<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/nix/var/log/nix</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>