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Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make
Date 2020-01-29 14:03 +0100
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On 29/01/2020 13:43, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> Am 23.01.20 um 15:00 schrieb Philipp Klaus Krause:
>> In a Makefile, I have one rule that creates multiple targets, using the
>> &: feature of GNU make.
>>
>> However, if I use make -j, the rule is still executed as many times as
>> there are targets. How can I avoid that without affecting other rules?
>>
>> Philipp
>>
> 
> As can be seen in
> 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57692
> 
> the mistake was on my side, assuming that grouped targets were supported
> by GNU mmake 4.2.1. The syntax for grouped targets actually is also
> valid make syntax for older versions of make, but has different
> semantics there.
> 

Thanks for posting that followup - I'm glad you figured out your problem.

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make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-01-23 15:00 +0100
  Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-23 15:31 +0100
    Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-01-29 11:02 +0100
  Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-01-29 13:43 +0100
    Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-01-29 14:03 +0100
  Re: make: Multiple targets created by single rule vs parallel make Härra Ramob <hrramob@gmail.com> - 2022-01-05 00:27 -0800

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