> From: Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> > Reply-To: psm...@gnu.org > CC: mh...@suse.de, bug-make@gnu.org > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:57:16 -0400 > > > A sub-make could sleep, no? > > What I'm saying is that if you have a rule like this: > > foo: > $(sleep 0.10) echo hi > > The recipe is always expanded by make before it invokes the shell > command, so it would be make that runs the sleep operation, and make > that sleeps, before the shell is even started. > > I don't think that would help the issue we're trying to solve (I really > can't see a valid use-case for $(sleep) to be honest). > > But, maybe you were thinking of something different?
Forget it, I obviously fail to explain myself. Here's another idea: provide a simple C application as part of the test suite that can sleep in sub-second resolution. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
