[Fedora-packaging] parallel make

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 12/15/2012 06:19 AM, Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
> Hi,
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Gianluca Sforna <giallu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Parag N(पराग़) <panemade at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>     I want to know is there any documentation available on parallel
>>> make? If a package is not building with parallel make then can we fix
>>> Makefile?
>>
>> If this is the case we should work with upstream to fix the build
>> system, as we do with code.
>>
>   I actually want to work on it as upstream is unresponsive since a
> year. That is why I need help here. Is there any document that gives
> examples on how can one fix broken Makefile?

In general, broken parallel makes mean "missing make dependencies". How 
and where to fix these, depends a lot on a package's implementation 
details - There simply is no "golden rule"/"simple howto".

That said, which package are you referring to? May-be somebody else can 
spot something obvious.

Ralf