Re: Bug in update_goal_chain() logic in make 3.79.1

2001-05-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
OK, I'll look at it. However, your suggestion of moving the increment to start_waiting_job() isn't sufficient, because we only want to increment it if we actually ran something, and we don't know for sure until we get into start_job_command() whether the command is empty or not (variable expansio

Re: Bug in update_goal_chain() logic in make 3.79.1

2001-05-08 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
"Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > pjl> That is, when the job is being placed on the waiting chain > pjl> because the load is too high, start_job_command() is never > pjl> called. > > That's not true, though: you didn't examine what happens to those jobs > _after_ they get put o

Re: Bug in update_goal_chain() logic in make 3.79.1

2001-05-08 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "Patrick J. LoPresti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pjl> I have attached a Makefile to the end of this message which pjl> illustrates this bug. I will look at the bug, but offhand your description of the code is missing something important (or, I misunderstood you). pjl> The problem is t