Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
a621f6fb03ee2ce45bafd882b17dafc9a8d0bdeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: a621f6fb03ee2ce45bafd882b17dafc9a8d0bdeb.1313693483.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com From: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:31:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make

2011-08-18 Thread Eric Blake
On 08/18/2011 12:51 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Perhaps specifying the OS release version the issue was noticed on (not all-inclusive) or the date that the issue was noticed would be sufficient? For example FreeBSD 8.2 rather than FreeBSD? or FreeBSD (2011) rather than FreeBSD? The drawback

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-18 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: OK, given your considerations, I've updated my patch with the attached squash-in. The amended patch is attached too. Let me know if it is good to apply now. This seems much better to me. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us,

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make

2011-08-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 18 August 2011, Eric Blake wrote: On 08/18/2011 12:51 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: OK, given your considerations, I've updated my patch with the attached squash-in. The amended patch is attached too. Let me know if it is good to apply now. I think it's good enough now; go

[PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
: a60b30ea47b2cc36d0b85bbed94a106643fba745.1313513383.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com From: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:31:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make Motivated by automake bug#9245: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: What is useful information today may become 'lore' in a few years so it would be good to add additional data so that the reader (and documentation maintainer) knows the vintage of the information. That's a good point. Do you think it would be OK