Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-05-02 Thread Jim Michaels
OK > > From: Paul Smith >To: Jim Michaels >Cc: "bug-make@gnu.org" >Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:41 AM >Subject: Re: feature request: parallel builds feature > > >On Wed, 2013-05-01 at 20:38 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote:

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-05-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, 2013-05-01 at 20:38 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: > again, problem solved with what I proposed. think. separate shell > window for each job. You can do that today by just writing your recipes such that they start a screen session or xterm or whatever. Those tools allocate and manage their

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-05-01 Thread Jim Michaels
 again, problem solved with what I proposed. think. separate shell window for each job. > > From: Paul Smith >To: Jim Michaels >Cc: "bug-make@gnu.org" >Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:23 PM >Subject: Re: feature request: para

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-30 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 17:20 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: > I wasn't digressing. I was explaining the point. the concept I am > trying to present as a solution to the problem of making parallel > stdin for --jobs in gnu make (which currenty doesn't work and is I > guess single-threaded) is to make a

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-30 Thread Jim Michaels
allel.html > > From: Howard Chu >To: Jim Michaels ; "psm...@gnu.org" >Cc: "bug-make@gnu.org" >Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:55 PM >Subject: Re: feature request: parallel builds feature > > >Jim Michaels wrote: >> >> I wasn't digre

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-30 Thread Howard Chu
Jim Michaels wrote: what if you in your makefile are creating files from scratch using echo, based on system configuration information? I know I have to do that in order to create XML manifest files for resources to compile and link in via resource compiler for windows builds. echo writes to st

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-30 Thread Jim Michaels
%.%extension%.manifest there is more. there are if statements involved, etc. currently, there is no manifest tool in the compiler set for mingw-w64 or mingw. nothing is planned. >____________ > From: Howard Chu >To: Jim Michaels ; "psm...@gnu.org" >Cc: "bug-make@gnu.org" >Sen

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-30 Thread Howard Chu
m Michaels *Cc:* bug-make@gnu.org *Sent:* Monday, April 22, 2013 10:56 AM *Subject:* Re: feature request: parallel builds feature On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 00:42 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: > it currently has a problem with stdin, because at this point there is > only one o

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-30 Thread Jim Michaels
pril 22, 2013 10:56 AM >Subject: Re: feature request: parallel builds feature > > >On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 00:42 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: >> it currently has a problem with stdin, because at this point there is >> only one of those, only 1 of them gets it, and the others st

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-22 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 00:42 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: > it currently has a problem with stdin, because at this point there is > only one of those, only 1 of them gets it, and the others starve. so > if your build needs stdin or creates files from the commandline using > heredocs, you can't use it

Re: feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-16 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 01:34 -0700, Jim Michaels wrote: > I have been toying with this idea of parallel builds to gain project > compile speed (reducing time to a fraction) for quite a while. Can you explain the difference between what you're suggesting and the existing --jobs (-j) feature availabl

feature request: parallel builds feature

2013-04-16 Thread Jim Michaels
feature request: parallelize make builds. current problem: make is serial in nature. there is room for making it series-parallel. I have been toying with this idea of parallel builds to gain project compile speed (reducing time to a fraction) for quite a while. compiles seem to spend more time