On Wed Nov 27 09:56:55 2013, eddy.petri...@gmail.com (Eddy Petrișor) wrote: > Pe 25.11.2013 11:09, "Reinier Post" <reinp...@win.tue.nl> a scris: > > > > Can't this functionality be provided by a wrapper $SHELL? > > > > Sure, it's an extra exec(), > > > > but it will keep the make code base simpler. > > > > > > I'm not sure if I understand what you mean. Do you mean wrapping all > target invokes in a $SHELL? > > > > Yes; something line /usr/bin/time. > > Not on Windows.
It could be an executable provided with GNU make. > > > If that's the case, you don't get the actual/real-time measurement, and > that might skew your profiling information. > > > > True. Hnow how much of a difference does it make? > > Depends on how badly the build system is written. And that's what the > target of the profiling is, finding out how bad is it. I feel that > penalising the most exactly the build systems that need the least the slow > down it's bad design. OK. -- Reinier _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make