Re: [gpsd-dev] Parallel build broken?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> > Thus, leapfetch=yes is incompatible with parallel build. No amount of
> > tweaking dependencies can fix this.
> 
> I donn't buy this.  Lot's of builds need to fetch something
> before doing a next step.

Yes, and that will work fine - if your acceptable consequences include
hanging silently and indefinitely when you collide with a requirement
for an authenticating proxy. It's in timing that out that we hit trouble.
 
> 4. make everything a dependency on the leapsecond file so only that
> part is no parallel.

I am failing to understand this. Please explain in more detail.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>

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