On Wednesday 13 September 2006 16:51, Alec Warner wrote:
> If I'm using Autotools, aren't they smart enough (given that I specify
> the proper headers, and source files and whatnot) to generate parallel
> safe makefiles?  Or is it a shot in the dark as to whether it works or not?
If you use automake, 90% they are parallel make safe. There are issues in 
cases

a) you refer to a library in the same directory as the Makefile providing the 
full pathname;
b) you don't put the SUBDIRS variable in the correct order for things to being 
built;
c) you provide custom targets for instance to run scripts that create source 
files.

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