I'm crunching out some complex 'make' rules , and am having a brain fart as to what sorts of rules are safe to use with '-j'.
As a matter of example, I'm looking at /usr/share/mk/sys.mk under 4.5-RELEASE: # XXX not -j safe .y.out: ${YACC} ${YFLAGS} ${.IMPSRC} ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} y.tab.c ${LDLIBS} -ly -o ${.TARGET} rm -f y.tab.c .l.out: ${LEX} -t ${LFLAGS} ${.IMPSRC} > ${.PREFIX}.tmp.c ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} ${.PREFIX}.tmp.c ${LDLIBS} -ll -o ${.TARGET} rm -f ${.PREFIX}.tmp.c Why is the .y.out target annotated as 'not -j safe', but the next target is? -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message