[SOLVED]are makefiles parallel-correct?

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[SOLVED]are makefiles parallel-correct?

Post by jickster » Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:09 pm

I know you can call MAKE -j all and have the build run in parallel but that doesn't mean it will run correctly in parallel.

If the dependencies are underspecified, the build will fail or WORSE "succeed" but output will be incorrect.
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Re: are makefiles parallel-correct?

Post by pythoncoder » Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:48 am

I have been using -j 8 for a long time without issue.
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Re: are makefiles parallel-correct?

Post by jickster » Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:51 pm

pythoncoder wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:48 am
 I have been using -j 8 for a long time without issue.
Thanks!
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