Re: asynchronous make(1), anyone?

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:02:19PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> Figuring it out from the filesystem is best because the editor is not
> the only agent who may modify your sources.  For example, source control
> software will make changes.  One may cp/ln/mv a source file.

Figuring it out from the filesystem doesn't work reliable. Consider
changing a header file in the middle of a build...

Joerg