From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11857 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2003 10:21:53 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 10:21:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 15123 invoked by alias); 11 Mar 2003 10:21:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 18336 Received: (qmail 15116 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2003 10:21:46 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 10:21:46 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk) Received: from [62.189.183.235] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 10:21:46 -0000 Received: from exchange01.csr.com (unverified) by (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.1) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:29:13 +0000 Received: from csr.com (tinky-winky.csr.com [192.168.144.127]) by exchange01.csr.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id GPNY1PVL; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:21:27 -0000 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: parallel compilation fails In-reply-to: "Wayne Davison"'s message of "Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:14:26 PST." <20030310191426.GC11346@binome.blorf.net> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:21:38 +0000 Message-ID: <5401.1047378098@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson Wayne Davison wrote: > Since I'm a big fan of distcc these days, it saddens me that my favorite > shell fails to compile using parallel compilation (and thus, cannot > benefit from distcc) -- i.e. "make -j3" fails in the module-build rules > when some temp-file names get used at the same time in parallel threads. > > There was some email back in 1996 on this subject, such as this one from > Zefram: > > http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers//1996/msg01930.html > > Is this something that we think we can fix? I'm sure it's fixable, but it's unlikely it's going to be high on anybody's priority list. Fixing dependencies is non-trivial at the best of times. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **********************************************************************