Some notes for completeness. Matthias Klose wrote: > - cmake: VERBOSE=1 (?) Yes, or "cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=1" at configure time. > - automake: V=1 As KiBi mentioned, --disable-silent-rules at configure time works, too. > - linux kernel: V=1 The KBUILD_VERBOSE environment variable determines the default behavior.