Re: GNU make grouped targets (&:)

> On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 13:16 -0400, Dan Eble wrote:
>>       # The StackOverflow answer also demonstrates a simpler solution
>> (using the
>>       # new `&:` operator instead of `:`), available since the release of GNU
>>       # make 4.3 in January 2020.  Alas, at the time of this writing
>> (February
>>       # 2022) this version is still too new to be universally available.
>>
>> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/blob/d4efa89f2600a71bc68a48ea84fd4f04eaa14734/Documentation/tex/GNUmakefile?plain=1#L31-L34
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multiple-Targets.html
>>
>> How will we know when it is reasonable to use `&:`?
> AlmaLinux 8 has GNU Make 4.2.1, and we use it to build the Linux
> binaries. For build tools, that is probably the limiting factor.
>
> Jonas


out of curiosity: What is an obstacle against going to alma 9 ?

Arno