On Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:27:01 -0500 Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-02-04 at 09:13 +0000, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: > > 1. Enable parallel builds by GNU make by default > > > > 2. Do not run dependencies in deterministic order by default: > > GNU make (unlike Ninja) is bound by the POSIX standard in terms of its > behaviors. The POSIX standard makes very clear the way in which make > operates on prerequisites and neither of these changes are conforming > to the standard. > > So, it's not possible to modify the default behavior of GNU make in > these ways. Not to mention that GNU make is also a foundational > component of hundreds of thousands of build systems and changes that > would cause a large number of them to break isn't acceptable, even in > pursuit of a good cause. Sounds good. > The idea of having a non-deterministic order of prerequisite builds is > something others have suggested but no one has implemented. Of course > it would not be possible to move the first prerequisite as that one is > special but randomly rearranging the rest of them could be done. This > would require an option to enable of course; it could not be the > default behavior. Thank you! -- Sergei