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Makefile

@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ help:
 
 ### suboptimal but at least clear, reliable and convenient
 all:
-	@for i in $(DISTROS); do \
-		echo "** building $$i:"; \
-		$(MAKE) --no-print-directory BUILDDIR=$(BUILDDIR) $$i; \
+	@n=1; sum=$(words $(DISTROS)); \
+	for distro in $(DISTROS); do \
+		echo "** building $$distro:"; \
+		$(MAKE) --no-print-directory \
+			ALL=$$n/$$sum \
+			BUILDDIR=$(BUILDDIR) \
+			$$distro; \
 		echo; \
+		n=$$(($$n+1)); \
 	done
 
 $(IMAGES): debug \

lib/build.mk

@@ -14,24 +14,28 @@ IMAGEDIR ?= $(shell [ -d "$$HOME/out" -a -w "$$HOME/out" ] \
 	|| echo "$(BUILDDIR)/out" )
 
 build: profile/populate
-	@echo -n "** starting image build"
+	@echo -n "$(TIME) starting image build"
 	@if [ -n "$(DEBUG)" ]; then \
 		echo ": tail -f $(BUILDLOG)" $(SHORTEN); \
 	else \
-		echo " (coffee time)"; \
+		if [ -n "$(ALL)" ]; then \
+			echo " [$(ALL)]"; \
+		else \
+			echo " (coffee time)"; \
+		fi; \
 	fi
 	@if time -f "%E %PCPU %Mk" $(ARCH) \
 		$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/ $(LOG); \
 	then \
-		echo "** build done (`tail -1 $(BUILDLOG) | cut -f1 -d. \
+		echo "$(TIME) build done (`tail -1 $(BUILDLOG) | cut -f1 -d. \
 			|| echo "no log"`)"; \
 	else \
-		echo "** build failed, see log: $(BUILDLOG)" $(SHORTEN); \
+		echo "$(TIME) build failed, see log: $(BUILDLOG)" $(SHORTEN); \
 		if [ -z "$(DEBUG)" ]; then \
-			echo "   (you might want to re-run with DEBUG=1)"; \
+			echo "$(TIME) (you might want to re-run with DEBUG=1)"; \
 		fi; \
 		tail -100 "$(BUILDLOG)" | egrep "^E:|[Ee]rror|[Ww]arning"; \
 		df -P $(BUILDDIR) | awk 'END { if ($$4 < 1024) \
-			{ print "** NB: low space on "$$6" ("$$5" used)"}}'; \
+			{ print "NB: low space on "$$6" ("$$5" used)"}}'; \
 	fi
 	@if [ -n "$(BELL)" ]; then echo -ne '\a' >&2; fi

lib/clean.mk

@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@
 ifdef CLEAN
 export GLOBAL_CLEAN_WORKDIR = clean-current
 ifdef DEBUG
-WARNING = (both CLEAN and DEBUG defined, debug options will be limited)
+WARNING = (NB: DEBUG scope is limited when CLEAN is enabled)
 endif
 endif
 
 # ordinary clean: destroys workdirs but not the corresponding results
 clean:
-	@echo '** cleaning up $(WARNING)'
+	@echo "$(TIME) cleaning up $(WARNING)"
 	@find -name '*~' -delete >&/dev/null ||:
 	@if [ -L build -a -d build/ ]; then \
-		$(MAKE) -C build $@ GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(shell readlink build) $(LOG) ||:; \
+		$(MAKE) -C build $@ \
+			GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(shell readlink build) $(LOG) ||:; \
 	fi
 
 # there can be some sense in writing log here even if normally
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ clean:
 distclean: clean
 	@if [ -L build -a -d build/ ]; then \
 		rm -rf build/.git; \
-		$(MAKE) -C build $@ GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(shell readlink build) $(LOG) || \
+		$(MAKE) -C build $@ \
+			GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(shell readlink build) $(LOG) || \
 			rm -rf build/; \
 		rm -rf $(shell readlink build); \
 	fi

lib/log.mk

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ MAKE += -s
 LOG = 2>>$(BUILDLOG) >/dev/null
 endif
 
+# in build.mk, naive TIME gets expanded a bit too early (no need to export btw)
 DATE = $(shell date +%Y%m%d)
+TIME = `date +%H:%M:%S`
 
 export BUILDLOG DATE DEBUG GLOBAL_DEBUG GLOBAL_VERBOSE LOG MAKE SHELL

lib/profile.mk

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SHORTEN = $(shell \
 
 # step 1: initialize the off-tree mkimage profile (BUILDDIR)
 profile/init: distclean
-	@echo -n "** initializing BUILDDIR: "
+	@echo -n "$(TIME) initializing BUILDDIR: "
 	@rsync -qaH --delete image.in/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/
 	@mkdir "$(BUILDDIR)"/.mki	# mkimage toplevel marker
 	@$(call put,ifndef DISTCFG_MK)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ profile/init: distclean
 	fi $(SHORTEN)
 
 profile/bare: profile/init
-	@echo "** preparing distro config$${DEBUG:+: see $(CONFIG)}" \
+	@echo "$(TIME) preparing distro config$${DEBUG:+: see $(CONFIG)}" \
 		$(SHORTEN)
 	@$(call try,MKIMAGE_PREFIX,/usr/share/mkimage)
 	@$(call try,GLOBAL_VERBOSE,)