Re: add Order-only Prerequisites example

2012-07-09 Thread jidanni
> "PG" == Philip Guenther writes: PG> Nope, wrong. If you want make to guarantee that, you must express it PG> as a dependency between C and B. OK thanks. ___ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make

Re: add Order-only Prerequisites example

2012-07-09 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 4:24 PM, wrote: >> "PS" == Paul Smith writes: >>> A:B C;D >>> A:|B C;D > > PS> No. C will never be run first, before B. If you enable parallel builds > PS> then B and C might be run at the same time (but B will still be started > PS> first, then C). Paul, as you kno

Re: add Order-only Prerequisites example

2012-07-08 Thread jidanni
> "PS" == Paul Smith writes: >> A:B C;D >> A:|B C;D PS> No. C will never be run first, before B. If you enable parallel builds PS> then B and C might be run at the same time (but B will still be started PS> first, then C). I recall someone said that there was no guarantee of order even in

Re: add Order-only Prerequisites example

2012-07-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 2012-07-08 at 06:04 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Can you please add at least _one_ example to > (info "(make) Prerequisite Types") > also consider retitling it "Order-only Prerequisites" or adding a sub-section. > > Does it mean the only difference between > A:B C;D > A:|B C;D > is

Re: add order-only-prerequisites example

2004-08-30 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> Sometimes features are advanced enough that providing a simple Paul> example dj> Well still, a few-liner showing how dj> a: b|c dj> differs from dj> a: b c dj> wouldn't hurt. True. dj> Occasionally, however, you have a situation

Re: add order-only-prerequisites example

2004-08-30 Thread Dan Jacobson
Paul> Sometimes features are advanced enough that providing a simple example Well still, a few-liner showing how a: b|c differs from a: b c wouldn't hurt. Paul> under a public license. I meant you guys must be reading an O'Reilly book or hung out in Bell Labs or something. There's no way I coul

Re: add order-only-prerequisites example

2004-08-28 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dj> TARGETS : NORMAL-PREREQUISITES | ORDER-ONLY-PREREQUISITES dj> Well, you got me there. Without examples, we have trouble grasping dj> how to utilize what this Info page is talking about. Sometimes features are advanced enough that providi