> "Harlan" == Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[ This is a reply to some pretty old email. As is my habit. ]
Harlan> I'm working on a project where Somebody decided it would be a
Harlan> feature to hack the automake templates to permit subdirs to be
Harlan> built in parallel.
Ok.
One more try, this time with the attachment.
- Dan
-Original Message-
From: Dan Kegel
To: 'Harlan Stenn '; Dan Kegel
Cc: ''[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' '
Sent: 5/17/2002 11:40 PM
Subject: RE: Parallel builds and SUBDIRS
Yep, I've implemented a build sy
Yep, I've implemented a build system with that property recently.
I promised to post a writeup here, but haven't gotten a round tuit.
Maybe it would be useful if I posted part of a project that uses
that build system. The basic idea is it's a cross-platform project
that needs to generate code fo
I agree with you, and I agree with you.
This project has several hundred subdirs and folks want to be able to go to
any subdir and "make".
Getting there from here will be Interesting, and will take a while.
I'm looking for interim solutions.
H
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> The Right Way to do this is to include all th
The Right Way to do this is to include all the
subdir makefile fragments into one big happy
make; then no special locking is needed.
(A la "recursive make considered harmful".)
Boy, that's a big change, though.
- Dan
-Original Message-
From: Harlan Stenn
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 5/17/
