It's better for us to see gcc output in the build log to ease debugging. Quiet builds make that much harder. Index: aiccu-20070115/unix-console/Makefile =================================================================== --- aiccu-20070115.orig/unix-console/Makefile 2009-10-25 22:33:06.000000000 +0100 +++ aiccu-20070115/unix-console/Makefile 2009-10-25 22:33:12.000000000 +0100 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ #CFLAGS += $(CWARNS) -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_DEBUG -g3 -O0 CFLAGS += $(CWARNS) -D_GNU_SOURCE -CC = @gcc +CC = gcc RM = rm # Add -O3 when nothing is specified yet