Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-29 Thread Karl Berry
hj> People who use --jobserver prefer a working GCC -flto=jobserver over a broken "make -n". Package maintainers who want --jobserver != package installers who want --jobserver. Maybe a configure-time option?

Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread H.J. Lu
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:10 PM Zack Weinberg wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:00 PM H.J. Lu wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:40 AM Nick Bowler wrote: > > > On 2020-10-28, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:16 PM Nick Bowler wrote: > > > >> On 2020-10-28, H.J. Lu

Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:00 PM H.J. Lu wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:40 AM Nick Bowler wrote: > > On 2020-10-28, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:16 PM Nick Bowler wrote: > > >> On 2020-10-28, H.J. Lu wrote: > > >> > GCC introduced some time ago option

Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread H.J. Lu
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:40 AM Nick Bowler wrote: > > On 2020-10-28, Zack Weinberg wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:16 PM Nick Bowler wrote: > >> On 2020-10-28, H.J. Lu wrote: > >> > GCC introduced some time ago option -flto=jobserver in order to use the > >> > GNU Make jobserver when

Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2020-10-28, Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:16 PM Nick Bowler wrote: >> On 2020-10-28, H.J. Lu wrote: >> > GCC introduced some time ago option -flto=jobserver in order to use the >> > GNU Make jobserver when parallelising LTO builds. It is actually a >> > similar "recursive

Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:16 PM Nick Bowler wrote: > On 2020-10-28, H.J. Lu wrote: > > GCC introduced some time ago option -flto=jobserver in order to use the > > GNU Make jobserver when parallelising LTO builds. It is actually a > > similar "recursive make". When doing a recursive make, you

Re: [PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2020-10-28, H.J. Lu wrote: > GCC introduced some time ago option -flto=jobserver in order to use the > GNU Make jobserver when parallelising LTO builds. It is actually a > similar "recursive make". When doing a recursive make, you need to > place a '+' character at the beginning of the

[PATCH] Add --jobserver/jobserver option for GCC -flto=jobserver

2020-10-28 Thread H.J. Lu
From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2020-02/msg00012.html GCC introduced some time ago option -flto=jobserver in order to use the GNU Make jobserver when parallelising LTO builds. It is actually a similar "recursive make". When doing a recursive make, you need to place a '+'