Re: Various race condition in install mode.

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn writes:
>
> > So I was forced to read through a long (and well written) email before the 
> > crux of the matter appeared.  If make should not be running these targets 
> > in parallel then this smells like an Automake problem to me. 
>
> No, from automake's perspective there are no dependencies between these 
> targets.  One target copies some libraries to the install directory.  The 
> other target copies some binaries to their install directory:

In that case automake's perspective is wrong since actual dependencies 
do exist.  Automake should be fixed. :-)

Automake is the boss, but the boss must make reasonable demands that 
his subordinates will be able to faithfully carry out.  The Pyramids 
were not built in three days.

Bob
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