Re: parallel make bug

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > Is there any reason $(lisp)/subdirs.el should start a recursive make
>> > instead of just depending on update-subdirs like in the patch below?
>> 
>> Because the current form allows it to just check that subdirs.el exists
>> whereas your patch would force it to always be rebuilt.
>> 
>> The problem being that we have no easy way to check that subdirs.el is
>> up-to-date, so we can either rebuild it all the time or only rebuild it when
>> specifically asked to.

> How about always rebuilding and use move-if-change ? 

Try it.  Note that the same kind of problem occurs with autoloads, cus-load
and finder-inf.


        Stefan