>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <aol...@redhat.com> writes:
Alexandre> However, rather than implementing the locking in Makefiles, Alexandre> I'm thinking it might be wiser to do so in a script that Alexandre> takes the lock name and the command to run while holding the Alexandre> lock. It seems to me you can get the desired functionality in the Makefiles using order-only dependencies -- just force some ordering of the targets. Tom