Sequential build of libjava

Thu Sep 5 14:44:00 GMT 2002

%% Michael Matz <matz@suse.de> writes:
 mm> You should find the lines
 mm> MULTIDO = $(MAKE)
 mm> @$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=all
 mm> @$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=install
 mm> @$(MULTIDO) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=install
 mm> Where instead of the '$(MAKE)' there may be a different string.
 mm> Now replace the actual uses of $(MULTIDO) with that content.
 mm> E.g. my Makefile then contained
 mm> @$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=all
 mm> @$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=install
 mm> @$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) multi-do DO=install
A simpler, but completely equivalent (as long as you use GNU make)
change would be to just:
 MULTIDO = +$(MAKE)
See the GNU make manual for a description of the "+" prefix char.
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