bug#8302: 23.3; Parallel make: some *.el files are byte-compiled twice

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>
>>> Or, $lisp could be in a separate lisp.mk file that configure could
>>> include into src/Makefile, and then for DOC use something like:
>>>
>>>   $(libsrc)/make-docfile -a $(etc)/DOC \
>>>     -d $(srcdir) `sed 's|$(lispsource)|../lisp|' $(srcdir)/lisp.mk`
>
> Works for me; committed.
>
>> Or even better make make-docfile accept arguments from a file, using the
>> @FILE syntax used by other GNU tools.  That would deal with the command
>> line length limitations.
>
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7397
>
> By itself, I don't see how this helps, since you still need to find a
> way to write the input file without overflowing the command line length.

Use >> ?

BTW, the @FILE syntax is in wide use, especially for linking, where
command lines can be humongous.

[This might be a moot point now that a solution has been implemented, so
please don't keep this bug open just for this reason]