Re: make: enhancements?

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 01:55:28PM +0100, David Laight 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.

This is not what I've found with simple test cases; do you have an
example?

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David A. Holland
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