Re: cache problem

[Eric Blake]

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According to Olly Betts on 10/16/2008 7:40 PM:

Hello Olly,

> On 2008-10-16, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
>> How do you get two concurrent configure scripts updating the same
>> config.cache file?
> 
> Open terminal (or screen) windows for two subdirectories of the combined
> tree and in each modify a file which causes configure to be rerun (e.g.
> Makefile.am if using automake) and then run "make".

Well, given that we now have documentation of use case, maybe it's worth
revisiting Ralf's patch.  Are you comfortable testing it out on top of the
current state of the git repository?
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2008-10/msg00018.html

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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