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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:04:19 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] kbuild: drop vmlinux dependency from 'make 
     install'
From: "Sam Ravnborg" <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: "Dave Hansen" <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
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> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 22:38 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>> This removes the dependency from vmlinux to install, thus avoiding the
>> current situation where "make install" has a nasty tendency to leave
>> root-turds in the working directory.
>
> One minor issue I've noticed with this is that I have script that do:
>
> 	make -j8 vmlinux install
>
> Without the dependency, I think the install is done in parallel, and
> doesn't get the result of that build.
Correct. All targets on the commandline are evaluated in parallel.

>  Is there a way I can accomplish
> the same thing with one make command with the new dependency?
No - unfortunately not.

Oh, you may restrict yourself to UP and use make -j1 but that would be
a workaround ;-)

    Sam

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