Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... >> OK, so it generates Makefile's that are fully capable of handling the -j >> switch to make? > > Mostly. Problems should be reported, please include a copy of the make > output of the failed build.
Hi Ralf, On a related note, it'd sure be nice if "make -j4 check" would run its tests in parallel. Especially on an SMP system, and/or when some tests sleep for a few (interminable :-) seconds. Of course, this might not be trivial, especially trying to keep the resulting Makefile.in portable. However, even if it means I'd need to use a special option to generate a GNU-make-only Makefile.in, I'd happily use the result for day to day work. Currently, the check-TESTS rule is just a big for-loop. Recording pass, fail, xfail, and skip subtotals in parallel might be a challenge, but I'd be happy to sacrifice those along with portability, in return for parallelized tests.
