> It seems like you want to automatically expand or contract the > number of jobs that make will run in parallel,
Yes, exactly. I can not use the parameter "-j" directly for the start of the main make process in my case so far. > based on some processing of the recipe. One of the variables (or make rules) will call the command "getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN". The corresponding processes should be efficiently started for parallel background execution after a serial data preparation was finished. I would appreciate if I can avoid the evaluation of additional make files in a recursive way. Regards, Markus _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make