Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 10:24:46 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r318592 - head/benchmarks/mdtest Message-ID: <CADLo83-wWWCzwsSXH2i--gtXVN5nAtbK0zHsq0fKGdaPmF6=qQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <519C71E9.30701@passap.ru> References: <201305201043.r4KAhCKv031239@svn.freebsd.org> <20130521023448.GA3541@FreeBSD.org> <519BA0B0.7010700@passap.ru> <519C71E9.30701@passap.ru>
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On 22 May 2013 08:21, "Boris Samorodov" <bsam@passap.ru> wrote: > > 21.05.2013 06:34, Alexey Dokuchaev =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: > > > I am also not convinced that using subshell is required. > > BTW, from /usr/src/UPDATING: > ----- > 20130516: > [...] > It is worth noting that bmake (like gmake) treats the command > line as the unit of failure, rather than statements within the > command line. Thus '(cd some/where && dosomething)' is safer > than 'cd some/where; dosomething'. The '()' allows consistent > behavior in parallel build. OK, but spawning a subshell is still wasteful. These times all add up when package building happens.... I guess I still don't see the value in the chdir. Chris
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