[GRASS-dev] make on SMP [was: GRASS 6.3.0 release preparation]

[Glynn Clements]

Maciej Sieczka wrote:

> >> sorry but I'm not an make guru and thus see it simple: if I run comand
> >> "make -j4" it should get along with it or fail with "err blah parallel
> >> buld not supported". Current CVS version does neither of it.
> 
> > I hope we don't give up so early. Probably just a few Makefiles
> > need to be fixed (basically, get the target order right therein).
> 
> >> As multicore CPU's are getting more popular, more and more users will be
> >> trying to run "make -j X" and thus report failure as bug [1].
> 
> > Not always. As written yesterday, "make -j3" worked for me on my RHEL5
> > box. Now testing with Mandriva.
> 
> >> If I can help with testing, drop me instructions. I have Gentoo ~x86
> >> system (gcc version 4.2.1; GNU Make 3.81).
> 
> > Please help testing. Just run it and see if and where it fails.
> > Then check the problematic Makefile(s) for correct order:
> > http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Development#GRASS_Makefile_writing
> 
> As for testing: I get the following errors with make -j3 on
> Intel Core 2 6600 running 2.6.15-29-amd64-xeon (Ubuntu Dapper):
> 
> --
> Errors in:
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/lib/gpde
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/imagery/i.vpoints
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/misc/m.cogo
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/raster/r.gwflow
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/raster/r.to.rast3elev
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/raster3d/r3.gwflow
> /home/maciek/src/straight/grass63/vector/v.sample

What errors, exactly?

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>