On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 08:50 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: > Didn't solve the problem though - when run in parallel, a lot of the > jobs are still not run.
There's one other possibility. GNU make bases its rebuild decisions entirely on timestamps. Some filesystems (network filesystems like NFS in particular, but some local ones as well) do not support sub-second timestamps. If your "build" operations are fast enough that GNU make doesn't think the target was updated, based on its timestamps, then it won't consider the target remade and it won't consider targets that depend on it to be out-of-date. This is important; many rules use this behavior to avoid updating files that seem to need updating due to timestamps, but end up not needing to be updated. If this saves a significant amount of build time it can be worth it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.us "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
