Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make

2011-08-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 18 August 2011, Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/18/2011 12:51 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > OK, given your considerations, I've updated my patch with the attached > > squash-in. The amended patch is attached too. Let me know if it is > > good to apply now. > > I think it's good enough n

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-18 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: OK, given your considerations, I've updated my patch with the attached squash-in. The amended patch is attached too. Let me know if it is good to apply now. This seems much better to me. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make

2011-08-18 Thread Eric Blake
On 08/18/2011 12:51 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Perhaps specifying the OS release version the issue was noticed on (not all-inclusive) or the date that the issue was noticed would be sufficient? For example "FreeBSD 8.2" rather than "FreeBSD"? or "FreeBSD (2011)" rather than "FreeBSD"? The dra

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
d{make -j 2} # FreeBSD make +$ @kbd{make -j 2} # FreeBSD 8.2 make Is not a tty -$ @kbd{make -j 2} # NetBSD make +$ @kbd{make -j 2} # NetBSD 5.1 make --- all --- Is not a tty -$ @kbd{dmake -j 2} # Solaris dmake +$ @kbd{dmake -j 2} # Solaris 10 dmake @var{hostname} --> 1 job @var{hostname} -->

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: What is useful information today may become 'lore' in a few years so it would be good to add additional data so that the reader (and documentation maintainer) knows the vintage of the information. That's a good point. Do you think it would be OK t

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Bob. On Tuesday 16 August 2011, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >>> > >> I'll have a "draft patch" read soonish. There is ample room for > >> improvements, > >> but I'll post it here anyway since it can benefit from early feedback. > >> > > Here it is.

Re: [PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-16 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: I'll have a "draft patch" read soonish. There is ample room for improvements, but I'll post it here anyway since it can benefit from early feedback. Here it is. As usual, comments and suggestions welcome. The proposed documentation seems quite

[PATCH] docs: other issues with parallel BSD make (was: Re: bug#9245: FreeBSD make in concurrent mode report spurious success in automake-generated tests harness)

2011-08-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
e rewriting going on that corrupt $?. > > > I'll have a "draft patch" read soonish. There is ample room for improvements, > but I'll post it here anyway since it can benefit from early feedback. > Here it is. As usual, comments and suggestions welcome. Regards, St