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Date:      Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:39:44 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Koop Mast <kwm@freebsd.org>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc/ots Makefile
Message-ID:  <20110829143944.GA94377@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CADLo839MkBrHQRz4B4XRTaSEO51uC%2BXsQXnc3OrZjiMf2Bkkvw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201108261828.p7QISje3085996@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110826200234.GA8743@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo839MkBrHQRz4B4XRTaSEO51uC%2BXsQXnc3OrZjiMf2Bkkvw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 02:03:05PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> 2011/8/26 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>:
> > Just replying to a random MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE commit. šI have a suggestion
> > which I think would help us to fix parallel builds when portmgr@ decides to
> > start running -exp runs with forced MAKE_JOBS: every time one of us marks a
> > port as MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE, should provide a short comment on the nature of a
> > failure.
> >
> > Perhaps MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE knob could be refactored into something similar to
> > other "brokenness" knobs and tought to accept a reason string, while "yes"
> > value could still be used for cases when exact cause of breakage is not so
> > obvious.
> 
> There's no reason a comment can't be put into MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE;

Indeed.  I just wasn't sure if it's being checked against "yes" or simply if
defined.

./danfe



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