Re: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS

2002-08-17 Thread Tom Tromey
Harlan == Harlan Stenn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [ This is a reply to some pretty old email. As is my habit. ] Harlan I'm working on a project where Somebody decided it would be a Harlan feature to hack the automake templates to permit subdirs to be Harlan built in parallel. Ok. Harlan I'm

RE: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS

2002-05-20 Thread Dan Kegel
One more try, this time with the attachment. - Dan -Original Message- From: Dan Kegel To: 'Harlan Stenn '; Dan Kegel Cc: ''[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' ' Sent: 5/17/2002 11:40 PM Subject: RE: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS Yep, I've implemented a build system with that property recently. I

Re: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS

2002-05-18 Thread Harlan Stenn
the subdir makefile fragments into one big happy make; then no special locking is needed. (A la recursive make considered harmful.) Boy, that's a big change, though. - Dan -Original Message- From: Harlan Stenn To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 5/17/2002 5:41 PM Subject: Parallel builds

Parallel builds and SUBDIRS

2002-05-17 Thread Harlan Stenn
First, I'm not saying this is a good idea. I'm working on a project where Somebody decided it would be a feature to hack the automake templates to permit subdirs to be built in parallel. They implemented an additional level of locking to prevent, for example, a library that is needed by

RE: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS

2002-05-17 Thread Dan Kegel
/2002 5:41 PM Subject: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS First, I'm not saying this is a good idea. I'm working on a project where Somebody decided it would be a feature to hack the automake templates to permit subdirs to be built in parallel. They implemented an additional level of locking to prevent