Re: [PATCH 09/11] kbuild: drop vmlinux dependency from 'make install'

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Tue Jan 31 2006 - 16:02:35 EST


> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 22:38 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>> This removes the dependency from vmlinux to install, thus avoiding the
>> current situation where "make install" has a nasty tendency to leave
>> root-turds in the working directory.
>
> One minor issue I've noticed with this is that I have script that do:
>
> make -j8 vmlinux install
>
> Without the dependency, I think the install is done in parallel, and
> doesn't get the result of that build.
Correct. All targets on the commandline are evaluated in parallel.

> Is there a way I can accomplish
> the same thing with one make command with the new dependency?
No - unfortunately not.

Oh, you may restrict yourself to UP and use make -j1 but that would be
a workaround ;-)

Sam

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