Re: [bug] Sibling submakes: wait for other submakes before failing

[David A. Wheeler]

> On Jun 13, 2021, at 5:44 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) 
> <alx.manpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Let's say there's a project with a submake for each module.

It’s counter-intuitive, but it is usually *MUCH* faster & more accurate to have 
a single make process
figure things out in most cases than to use recursive makes.

For more info, see “Recursive make considered harmful” by Peter Miller:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200209034547/http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf

--- David A. Wheeler