On Mon, 2022-10-31 at 11:06 +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 10/31/22 08:01, Paul Smith wrote:
> > * New feature: The .WAIT special target
>
> I'm curious: what is .WAIT made for?
As mentioned in the NEWS, it's _primarly_ there because the next
release of the POSIX spec will require a
Hi Eddy,
On 10/31/22 14:52, Edward Welbourne wrote:
I mean, considering the following example:
all: one two .WAIT three
one two three: ; @sleep 1; echo $@
It's the same as if it was written as
all: one two three
three: one two
one two three: ; @sleep
>>> I mean, considering the following example:
>>>
>>> all: one two .WAIT three
>>> one two three: ; @sleep 1; echo $@
>>>
>>> It's the same as if it was written as
>>>
>>> all: one two three
>>> three: one two
>>> one two three: ; @sleep 1; echo $@
>>>
>>> Isn't it?
On 10/31/22 08:01, Paul Smith wrote:
>> * New feature: The .WAIT special target
>> If the .WAIT target appears between two prerequisites of a target, then
>> GNU Make will wait for all of the targets to the left of .WAIT in the list
>> to complete before starting any of the targets to the
Hi Eddy,
On 10/31/22 13:42, Edward Welbourne wrote:
Alejandro Colomar (Monday, October 31, 2022 11:06) replied:
I'm curious: what is .WAIT made for? Isn't it just a workaround for
broken dependencies?
No.
I mean, considering the following example:
all: one two .WAIT three
one
Hi Paul,
On 10/31/22 08:01, Paul Smith wrote:
* New feature: The .WAIT special target
If the .WAIT target appears between two prerequisites of a target, then
GNU Make will wait for all of the targets to the left of .WAIT in the list
to complete before starting any of the targets to
