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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] AutoMake and paralle safe makefiles [WAS: using -j1 with distcc?]
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:56:38
Message-Id: 45081B03.4070607@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] using -j1 with distcc? by Aron Griffis
1 Aron Griffis wrote:
2 > From bind-9.3.2-r4.ebuild:
3 >
4 > Unless somebody can explain how this is valid, I'll go ahead and fix
5 > the bind ebuilds (where "fix" means "use -j1 unconditionally since the
6 > Makefiles aren't parallel safe").
7 >
8 > Aron
9
10 If I'm using Autotools, aren't they smart enough (given that I specify
11 the proper headers, and source files and whatnot) to generate parallel
12 safe makefiles? Or is it a shot in the dark as to whether it works or not?
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