Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:55:02 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make -j Message-ID: <14912.62070.148318.480469@onceler.kciLink.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012200317540.32584-100000@jason.argos.org> References: <20001219122433.A1961@libero.sunshine.ale> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012200317540.32584-100000@jason.argos.org>
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>>>>> "MN" == Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> writes: MN> Imagine a makefile that does something like: MN> 1) start off with "junk.h" that only has "#define SOMEVAL 1" in it MN> 2) job 1 of the makefile runs a perl script that rewrites junk.h MN> 3) job 2 of the makefile is a C prog that includes junk.h and MN> uses SOMEVAL This shouldn't cause a problem if the dependencies in the Makefile are correct, which isn't always easy to do. If it does break with correct dependencies, then make -j is broken. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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