2009/11/3 Paul Smith <[email protected]>

> Another is to use order-only prerequisites and make the subdirectories
> be order-only prereqs instead of normal prereqs, so that the targets
> don't get rebuilt (see the GNU make manual for more info).
>

Out of curiosity: doesn't this also assist in making subdir rules friendly
with parallel builds? i _seem_ to remember using order-only deps to ensure
that certain subdirs are only built after prerequisite subdirs, even in the
face of "make -j2".

Or am i mistaken on that point?

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----- stephan beal
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