Re: seen only once: corrupt modversions.h built in 2.2.13

Matthew Wilcox (Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:37:06 +0200

On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 11:16:44AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> mec@shout.net said:
> > This is a subtle and easy-to-make Makefile mistake: having something
> > in a Makefile which modifies a global state file outside of the
> > current directory. Multiple "-j" invocations race for the state file.
> >
>
> Non-recursive make, anyone?

Um, yeah. I'll get back to that once I start working for
The Puffin Group in December, I guess.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
"Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of
specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a
painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson


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