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Re: [bug] Sibling submakes: wait for other submakes before failing
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David A. Wheeler |
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Re: [bug] Sibling submakes: wait for other submakes before failing |
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:29:13 -0400 |
> On Jun 13, 2021, at 5:44 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> <alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Let's say there's a project with a submake for each module.
It’s counter-intuitive, but it is usually *MUCH* faster & more accurate to have
a single make process
figure things out in most cases than to use recursive makes.
For more info, see “Recursive make considered harmful” by Peter Miller:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200209034547/http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf
--- David A. Wheeler