[bug #41781] Provide a fast fail path when a target is compromized during a parallel build

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                 Summary: Provide a fast fail path when a target is
compromized during a parallel build
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 05 Mar 2014 04:51:33 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 4.0
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

In continuous integration systems, fast failure without recovery is a highly
desirable behavior. As such, I would like to see GNU Make completely abort
fast at the first failure.

During automated parallel builds with make -j <N>, make attemps to build as
much as it possibly can, and even when some targets fail, GNU Make continues.
This is the exact opposite of a fast failure.

In continuous integration systems, there is no value in doing incremental
builds: each new build starts from scratch. This ensures stability and
reproducibility.

A patch was proposed in 2009
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2009-01/msg00035.html, I wuold like
to see this integrated in GNU Make.

There is some background reading material:
http://ninjaverification.wordpress.com/tag/gnu-make/
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2009-02/msg00010.html





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