On 05/26/2013 10:20 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2013-05-26 at 22:05 +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> On 05/26/2013 09:57 PM, Paul Smith wrote: >>> >>> [SNIP] >>> >>> Might be worthwhile checking the FreeBSD code for their make, to see if >>> they do something like this. >>> >> Nope, Frank was right: when run in parallel mode, FreeBSD make >> unconditionally >> behaves like GNU make does with the '-O' option enabled (I behavior I >> actively >> dislike, since it cannot be worked around). And it also has several other >> terrible hacks and quirks. For more info, see: >> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Parallel-Make> > > Nevertheless, I do wonder whether forcing stdout/stderr into O_APPEND > mode would be worthwhile. It would fix this problem in any event. I'm > having a hard time coming up with a reason NOT to do it. > To be clear: I'm not opposing to the change in any way; it's just that I don't feel comfortable enough with the area to give an explicit ACK. If you think the change would be worthwhile, go for it :-) I trust your judgment far more than mine.
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