Suggestion for end of Makefile

[Erik Joelsson]

That is an interesting idea worth exploring. I will see what I can do.

/Erik

On 2014-10-25 00:31, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> Re: JDK builds,
>
> The new parallel make is wonderfully fast (thank you) but less great 
> when it comes to figuring out why a build failed, especially when you 
> don't have full access to the build machine, as is the case with 
> "build servers", where you get the build log, and the product bits if 
> the build is successful.
>
> I finally figured out a tip and wonder if it would be worth adding 
> this to the end of the build.
>
> If the build fails, grep through the log looking for lines containing 
> the text "recipe for .* failed".
>
> Would it be possible to have the build report any such lines in the 
> summary at the end of the log?
>
> -- Jon
>
>