Index: CHANGES
===================================================================
--- CHANGES
+++ CHANGES
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 
 All ports committers are allowed to commit to this file.
 
+20160816:
+AUTHOR: amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
+
+  Verbose build logs are now preferred and enabled by default for cmake and
+  ninja.  Other ports are strongly advised to switch to verbose logs where
+  possible.  For instance, GNU_CONFIGURE-using ports plagued with silent logs
+  may be fixed with CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --disable-silent-rules
+
 20160803:
 AUTHOR: mat@FreeBSD.org
 
Index: Mk/Uses/cmake.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/Uses/cmake.mk
+++ Mk/Uses/cmake.mk
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # Additional variables that affect cmake behaviour:
 #
 # User defined variables:
-# CMAKE_VERBOSE		- Enable verbose build output
-#			Default: not set, unless BATCH or PACKAGE_BUILDING is defined
 # CMAKE_NOCOLOR		- Disable colour build output
 #			Default: not set, unless BATCH or PACKAGE_BUILDING is defined
 # CMAKE_NINJA		- Use ninja instead of make(1)
@@ -80,18 +78,15 @@
 			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" \
 			-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING="${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" \
 			-DTHREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG:BOOL=YES \
-			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH=YES
+			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH=YES \
+			-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON
 
 CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX?=	${PREFIX}
 
 .if defined(BATCH) || defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
-CMAKE_VERBOSE=		yes
 CMAKE_NOCOLOR=		yes
 .endif
 
-.if defined(CMAKE_VERBOSE)
-CMAKE_ARGS+=		-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON
-.endif
 .if defined(CMAKE_NOCOLOR)
 CMAKE_ARGS+=		-DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE:BOOL=OFF
 .endif
Index: Mk/Uses/ninja.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/Uses/ninja.mk
+++ Mk/Uses/ninja.mk
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # Feature:		ninja
 # Usage:		USES=ninja
 #
-# User defined variables:
-# NINJA_VERBOSE		- Enable verbose output.
-#
 # MAINTAINER: portmgr@FreeBSD.org
 
 .if !defined(_INCLUDE_USES_NINJA_MK)
@@ -17,9 +14,7 @@
 IGNORE=	Incorrect 'USES+= ninja:${ninja_ARGS}' ninja takes no arguments
 .endif
 
-.if defined(NINJA_VERBOSE)
 MAKE_ARGS+=	-v
-.endif
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	ninja:devel/ninja