Re: envariable check still buggy

[Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com>]

François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

| Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com> writes:
|
| > | +	* tests/Makefile.in: Put dependencies for check on a single
| > | +	line to be sure they are checked and made in the right order.
| > | +	The .env-warn file is in $(srcdir).
|
| > | -check: check-recursive
| > | +check: envvar-check check-recursive
|
| Hi, Jim, and people.  I do not know how Automake currently stands with
| the loss of parallel-able Makefiles (which it once produced).
|
| I hope, Jim, after having convinced so many of us (:-), that you will
| stick to the idea that parallel make is a good thing, and do not commit
| modifications in a form that would prevent parallelism to work.
|
| If Automake gets repaired, it should not reveal that your Makefiles got
| broken in the meantime.  Never ever give in broken Makefiles, neither for
| you or your installers (and whether maintainers or not :-).  To rely on
| dependencies being made in sequence is abusing the semantic of Makefiles.

Hi François,

Sorry I wasn't clear.  I was not advocating that particular change -- I
know full well it wouldn't have the desired effect with a parallel build.

As far as I know, automake rules are parallel safe/correct already.