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From: | Tim Murphy |
Subject: | Re: Fwd: [bug #33138] .PARLLELSYNC enhancement with patch |
Date: | Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:05:18 +0100 |
> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:36:28 +0100
> 1) sem_timedwait() in posix lets you timeout so in a big build whenHow much would you use for the timeout, though? A sub-Make could
> something crashes or just sits around, there is at least the option of
> printing an error message or giving up on locking from that point on which
> is a bit of a godsend if it happens overnight and there's no-one to restart
> the build.
legitimately run for a very long time, depending on what's in the
Makefile.
FWIW, I currently let Make wait forever for the mutex.
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