On Fri, 2026-07-31 at 14:48 +0200, Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list wrote: > 2) There is still the problem of "the log file is garbage". When the > build fails and you need to look at the log file, it will lead your > investigation to wrong directions. So, a developer gains 5 minutes of > wall time waiting for the build, and then loses 30 minutes debugging > in the wrong area.
If people make use of GNU Make's output sync facility, then this is much less of an issue. Recipes are still unordered, but the output from a single recipe is always printed in its entirety without interruption from output of other recipes.
