Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 15:55:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>, FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make(1) patches to bypass quietness prescribed by @-prefixed commands in Makefiles Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005141553150.10096-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <20000514154640.Q82488@argon.blackdawn.com>
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On Sun, 14 May 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 01:25:16PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > I like the idea, but the -l flag conflicts with a different usage for > > SVR4 derived makes (on at least AIX, Irix, and Solaris): > > > > -l load > > Specifies that no new jobs (commands) should be started > > if there are others jobs running and the load average > > is at least load (a floating-point number). With no > > argument, removes a previous load limit. Compatibility with those other makes is pretty low to begin with, but it doesn't hurt, I guess, to allow for this. -dl is ok with me. I just wouldn't consider the compatibility thing a real issue if it weren't this easy to satisfy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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