Re: what happens to my --jobs?
Paul Smith <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:12 +0100, Krzysztof Nosek wrote: > shouldn't --jobs (-j) flag and its value appear in MAKEFLAGS? No; there's no need for it to be there. The submakes get information about whether they can run a job or not from the jobserver (a pipe). They don't need to know, nor would it be useful to know, how many total jobs are possible; they just know whether they can run the next one or not. > I would really like to know from my makefile how many (if any) > concurrent jobs user requested. Why do you need to know how many jobs are requested? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.us "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist