Re: "make -jN" requires mechanical changes to a Makefile

[Bruno Haible]

Howard Chu wrote:
> >> Example with one rule creating 4 files:
> >>
> >> all : copy1 
> >>
> >> copy1: Makefile
> >>         install -c -m 644 Makefile copy1
> >>         install -c -m 644 Makefile copy2
> >>         install -c -m 644 Makefile copy3
> >>         install -c -m 644 Makefile copy4
> > 
> > I think the "representative" file should be copy4 here, because it's the one
> > that gets created last.
> 
> That sort of thing is only true in serial make, you can't rely on it in 
> parallel make.

The sequence of lines of the recipe of a rule gets executed in order,
even in parallel make, no?

Bruno