On Sun Aug 24 12:33:41 2014, ra...@inputplus.co.uk (Ralph Corderoy) wrote: > Hi Paul, > > > > It seems a design flaw that I must > > > > > > make -sj clean && make -sj all && make -sj check && > > > make -sj install > > > > Well, that's because you're only considering this use-case, > > Yes, but it's an idiomatic one, oft suggested; "Unpack and run > `./configure && make all check install'". > > > But, if you consider something like: > > > > make prog1 prog2 prog3 prog4 > > > > then it's clearly a design flaw if these programs are built serially. > > Oh sure, I wasn't trying to suggest that it's never wanted, just that > the binary -j doesn't seem sufficient to cover common cases.
I don't get it. What is wrong with make -sj clean; make -sj all; make -sj check; make -sj install ?? > > There is no easy way to do this in GNU make today. I don't see this as a convincing use case. -- Reinier Post _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
