The idea of diffing 2 builds is truly a cool one - especially when
they're huge - but I'd rather it was done according to keys or other
factors e.g. target name.
I'd like to compare the time it took to build various targets and find
out why a target took so much longer in the new build. I'd
Then commit all the log files to git and use git show to find out which
of them have changed since the last build. (I trust you can all work
out the equivalent steps for *your* preferred SCM system.) This only
has to happen on the server that builds from clean on a regular basis.
Or just
Follow-up Comment #12, bug #33034 (project make):
I'm uploading a patch that adds an --allow-mixed-rules option which converts
the fatal error to a warning. This is the only testing it's been subjected
to:
% cat Makefile
all %.o:
@echo Making $@
% make-4.0
Makefile:1: *** mixed implicit
Follow-up Comment #14, bug #33034 (project make):
Yes, I realize it's a bit of a wing and a prayer but from the git log it looks
like this fix got into the same commit as a rewrite of major sections of
read.c. Without reading and thinking through all of it, I figured there was a
chance that
