"Edward Welbourne wrote:" > > > it appears from running make with the debug option that the > > top level make does not see the object file created by the lower level > > make in the time when it checks the dependencies for the library. > > sounds a *lot* like an issue with make's caching of stat information; > if the uppper make has looked, before the lower makes them, for files > the lower makes, then its cached information about these files is > still in place telling it they're missing even after the lower has > made them.
Every time the subject of cache comes up its because they are always wrong. > That this only happens in parallel builds suggests that, while the > lower make is at work, the upper is attempting to get on with things > that actually depend on the lower. So you may find that making > completion of the lower a prerequisite of the rules that are being > broken will help. > > Eddy. > _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
