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parallel make is broken
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:22 pm
by hasufell
happens not always, but still reproducible
see line 442
Re: parallel make is broken
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:02 pm
by darkgod
It's not working with parallel make, mostly because it needs to build things to build it. IIRC other gentoo packages dont support parallel build though
Re: parallel make is broken
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 11:04 pm
by hasufell
darkgod wrote:It's not working with parallel make, mostly because it needs to build things to build it. IIRC other gentoo packages dont support parallel build though
I don't quite understand.
That indicates either a bug in the build system or indicates that the build system is so crappy, that it doesn't let you properly specify compile-dependencies.
Re: parallel make is broken
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 11:35 pm
by darkgod
Yes, however on the list of bug priorities this ranks much lower than other bugs for the time it takes to fix (rewriting the build system) don't you think ?
Re: parallel make is broken
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:02 pm
by hasufell
darkgod wrote:Yes, however on the list of bug priorities this ranks much lower than other bugs for the time it takes to fix (rewriting the build system) don't you think ?
No.
Rewriting the build system means it is more accessible to everyone who doesn't use precompiled binaries: source distros, people testing different stuff, trying to contribute or having to compile manually for whatever reason.
A broken build system decreases the number of end-users, the level of support you get from various distros and the number of potential contributors who end up fighting it, because it is broken (also: this is not the only build-system related bug).