Re: -local vs. -hook?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Karl,

* Karl Berry wrote on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 02:32:33AM CEST:
>     Well, does that half-sentence that I added above make it clearer?
> 
> Yes it does, thanks.
> 
>     With -local, there is no ordering guarantee (typically they are run
>     early, but with parallel make, there is no way to be sure of that),
> 
> How about saying that explicitly?  It's an implication that will not be
> immediately obvious to many readers.  That exact text (with the final
> comma changed to a period) seems good to me.

But that text is what's already in the manual!  Sorry, I think I'm
confused again.  Maybe you can put your suggestions in a proposed
patch, so that we can avoid misunderstanding?

Thanks,
Ralf