RE: Error in processing of :: targets

[Paul D. Smith]

%% address@hidden writes:

  rm> all:: first
  rm>   @echo one
  rm> all:: second
  rm>   @echo two
  rm> first:
  rm>   @echo first
  rm> second:
  rm>   @echo second

  rm> In GNUmake 3.75, this produced:

  rm>   first
  rm>   one
  rm>   second
  rm>   two

  rm> In GNUmake 3.80, this produced:

  rm>   first
  rm>   second
  rm>   one
  rm>   two

I was looking through the NEWS file for GNU make and found this:

> Version 3.63
>
    [...]
>
> * Multiple double-colon rules for the same target will no longer have
>   their commands run simultaneously under -j, as this could result in
>   the two commands trying to change the file at the same time and
>   interfering with one another.

So, it looks like you're right: double-colon rules should be invoked
serially.  I guess the docs weren't changed to make this clear when the
code was updated.  Obviously something changed between 3.75 and now to
break that: I definitely didn't change it on purpose.

Please file a bug at Savannah against GNU make and I'll look into it at
some point.

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