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Re:GNU Make Jobserver Implementation by 0xcde4c3db on Sunday April 24, 2016 @03:32PM (#11560987)
It might be a portability concern. GNU make runs on a lot of platforms.
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Re:GNU Make Jobserver Implementation by Samathy on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:05PM (#11561905)
Surely the solution there would be to make it a compile-time option. Enable threaded jobs, or process jobs.
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Re:GNU Make Jobserver Implementation by Avshalom on Sunday April 24, 2016 @09:12PM (#11562077)
Implementing both sounds like a price to pay.
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Re:GNU Make Jobserver Implementation by hyc_symas on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @08:17PM (#11585715)
That would be stupid. Double the amount of work for no increment in functionality.
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