parallelized 'ld'?

[Alexander Smundak]

> > * "make generates either too much output or no output at all. This leads
to
> >    people developing half-baked solutions such as
> >       if QUIET=1, echo "Compiling foo.c..."
> >    Jam (make alternative) uses IMHO way better approach: by default, it
> >    prints just the name of each target as it was built; if build fails,
> >    it prints the offending command."
>
> Makefiles that don't print every command exactly as executed are
> abominations.  It's only "too much output" when you don't need it, and
> you typically find out you need it after it's too late to turn on
> verbose output.  Not to mention the joy of digging through the
> makefile to figure out the necessary incantation.
I am not proposing the change of the default behavior; it is rather an
alternative to the '-s' option. Please also note that the command fails,
it _will_ be printed, which in many cases will be the only thing needed.

I am not sure we have to be proud of it, but re-running make with default
options
on already built system generates in our case >1300 lines of output,
consisting of
very informative sequence:
Entering directory ...
xxxx is up to date.
Leaving directory ...

It's somewhat boring when you see it more than 5 times per day .-)

Alexander Smundak