From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 22 2:20: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160F814F21 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 02:20:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id CAA90242; Thu, 22 Jul 1999 02:20:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 02:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907220920.CAA90242@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: bin/10985: make .NOTPARALLEL special target is broken[PATCH] Reply-To: Bob Bishop Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/10985; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bob Bishop To: Tim Vanderhoek Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/10985: make .NOTPARALLEL special target is broken[PATCH] Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:24:25 -0400 Hi, At 03:37 22/07/99 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: >On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 05:50:32PM -0400, Bob Bishop wrote: >> >> >.MAKEFLAGS: -B >> > >> >Or, more correctly, you should probably be using this, >> > >> >.MAKEFLAGS: -j1 >> >> Those work, in their different ways, but they hit the current make as well >> as submakes. In the latter case, you get -jx -j1 passed down, which isn't >> very elegant. > >Having "-jx -j1" passed down doesn't particularly bother me at all. > >Anyways, the purpose of using .MAKEFLAGS was to hit the current make >as well as submakes. If you don't want to hist the submakes, then you >just use .NOTPARALLEL. It makes sense to me, anyways. :) Well OK, close the PR then. I'll probably suggest a clarification to the man page in due course. -- Bob Bishop +44 118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 118 989 4254 (0800-1800 UK) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message