Re: Sequential build of libjava

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

> > Note further, that even without changes, e.g. libjava is built in parallel
> > (but OTOH I don't have multilibs activated).
> 
> I sort of lied here.  I actually also get the '-j1' warning in libjava (at
> least now, after it was built, if I simply remake it without a clean), but
> I had definitely four jc1 processes as it was building.
[...]
> No, it really means, what it says.  It's a submake, expecting a jobserver,
> but unable to "connect" to it, while a -j argument is still in effect.
> The '+' on the parent rule would just mean to ignore that error, and
> silently go on serially.

I added the '+', I still get the message, and I definitely have multiple
compiles going.  GNU make 3.79.1 is being used.


Phil

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