Re: make: enhancements?

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 04:52:23AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
>  > 
>  > Do you have an example of a makefile that induces different behavior
>  > in the two cases, and that works predictably in legacy makes, i.e.
>  > isn't just flatly broken?
> 
> However, this question stands... it would be good to figure out
> exactly what it is and isn't doing with -j1. :-/

The 'traditional make' and '-j1 make' tend to build things in
opposite orders.
So makefile that make any assumptions about the order may fail
in one, but not in the other.

        David

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