Re: parallel make help

[Harlan Stenn]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> Setting up a non-recursive build project with Automake would not be 
> such a chore if Automake knew how to ingest per-subdirectory Makefiles 
> into the overall build, adding any necessary path information.  The 
> biggest chore related to setting up a non-recursive build is that all 
> of the paths need to be completely specified (from the top), but 
> modified to work with Automake.

While it is "too late now" for this round of GSoC, it might be a really
amazing idea to have somebody work on a project to:

- make sure automake has all the needed bits to produce useful
  non-recursive Makefiles
- demonstrate how easy it is to set this up and convert existing
projects

H