%% amit kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ak> Thanks a lot for you responses. The -j option was ignored by make ak> as I was using Sun make version 3.79.1.
As far as I know there's no such thing as "Sun make version 3.79.1". You're either using Sun's make, or GNU make 3.79.1. They are completely different. ak> We are using recursive make for making the build and calling other ak> makefiles in the sub directories using $(MAKE). Good. ak> I just want to know whether $(MAKE) forks another process. Every command make invokes, including one that involves $(MAKE), forks another process. ak> This would help us in reducing our build time as the total build ak> process is currently taking 6 hours on Sun Solaris 5.9-sparc ak> machine. I don't see how forking another process will help build times... in fact it would slightly _increase_ build times since you need to fork/exec another program, that needs to re-read all the makefiles, etc. ak> Any other suggestions are also welcome but the answers should be ak> specific for solaris based system. This mailing list is for GNU make, not Solaris make. If you have questions specifically about Solaris make you need to ask on a Solaris mailing list or newsgroup. Cheers! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
