From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NudDZ-0003jE-N2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:54:45 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35271 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NudDY-0003j6-FO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:54:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NudDX-0003Oq-8h for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:54:44 -0400 Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:39262) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NudDX-0003Om-1w for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:54:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:54:39 +0000 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Compile files only once: some planning Message-ID: <20100325025439.GC28176@shareable.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Juan Quintela Cc: Blue Swirl , qemu-devel Juan Quintela wrote: > Blue Swirl wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Here's some planning for getting most files compiled as few times as > > possible. Comments and suggestions are welcome. > > I took some thought about this at some point. Problems here start from > "Recursive Makefile condered Harmful (tm)". Anyone who remembers the old Linux kernel recursive make compared with the current "dancing makefile" magic will appreciate the big leap forward in usability. -- Jamie