Quoting nate at refried.org (nate at refried.org): > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:46:32AM -0500, Nate Carlson wrote: > > On Thu, 30 May 2002, Mike Jentges wrote: > > > I always attributed it to the fact that certain things had to be made > > > in certain order in certain circumstances. Other jobs it doesn't > > > matter. Almost like it would get ahead of itself and what it needed to > > > do a task was not done yet. ?? > > > > I thought make was supposed to be smart enough to compile stuff in the > > right order so make -j would work.. ah well. :) > > Only if the Makefile was written correctly. Many make files aren't. > This is one of the reasons behind kbuild 2.5. kbuild as in part of kde? or is this something else? I'm finding lots of Makefiles are horked and don't work until -j 2 -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9