Want info on parallel makes

[Stephen J. Friedl]

Hi folks,

     In my Allegely Portable Software Package, my focus has turned
onto makefiles.  Some machines support a parallel make facility, and
I would rather this it than not use it, but I don't know how common
the syntax is.  Sequent uses the notation:

	target : & file1.o file2.o file3.o
		commands

where the & marks the start of the dependencies that can be
parallelized (BSD make only, not in the Sys V make).

     What other notations are out there?  I already have a
front-end to make that can take care of some of this syntax
difference by sticking macros on the command line, but I
gotta know where to start.

     Steve

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