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Using silent rules in automake builds makes build errors just pop instead of getting lost in the noise.
Build noise was being generated because of a redefinition of VERSION_STRING when building using autotools. Silenced it by ifdefing the Windows-specific hardcoded version string definition if the autotools are in use.
The variable $CSSFLAGS is reserved for user use and should not be forced by the build machinery (like the autotools). This prevents using fancy-schamncy things like -Wall from the command line. This change moves a few things around so that the flags required by the build machinery (eg. -std=c++11) use the AM_CXXFLAGS reserved for that purpose and leaves CXXFLAGS free for appropriate use.
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Enable silent building when using an autotools build.
The amount of noise coming from an autotools build is so high that it's hard to see warnings and errors. This PR sets the default to silent builds to help the errors and warning pop.
Noisy builds can be enabled at any time with the --disable-silent-rules option passed to configure or by using make V=1.