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From: pwolfe@kailand.KAI.COM
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Subject: Re: parallel make
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Date: 16 Jan 89 17:30:00 GMT
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> What I would like to see is a "smart" version of the make command
> that would spawn processes in the background as appropriate without
> any changes to a "conventional" Makefile.

The most recent version of GNU make seems to have this feature.  We just
picked it up via anonymous FTP from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu, and it compiles
and runs on our Symmetry.  It appears to work, though we just got it a few
days ago, so haven't really had much of a chance to test it.  The -J option is
undocumented, but just put a -J5 on the make command line and it runs 5
processes in parallel.

	Patrick Wolfe
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