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

add Order-only Prerequisites example

2012-07-07 Thread jidanni
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 that C might be run first in the former?

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

add order-only-prerequisites example

2004-08-28 Thread Dan Jacobson
TARGETS : NORMAL-PREREQUISITES | ORDER-ONLY-PREREQUISITES Well, you got me there. Without examples, we have trouble grasping how to utilize what this Info page is talking about. Obviously the authors must have learned about make from something that we can't find on our Debian system. Probably