Index: b/Makefile.pre.in
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--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -406,11 +406,15 @@
 
 
 # Build the shared modules
+# MAKEFLAGS are sorted and normalized. Under GNU make the 's' for
+# -s, --silent or --quiet is always the first char.
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
-	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
-	esac
+	@case "$$MAKEFLAGS" in \
+	    s*) quiet="-q";; \
+	    *) quiet="";; \
+	esac; \
+	$(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
+		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py $$quiet build
 
 # Build static library
 # avoid long command lines, same as LIBRARY_OBJS