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Re: -local vs. -hook?
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: -local vs. -hook? |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:49:52 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) |
* Karl Berry wrote on Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 08:49:55PM CEST:
> > +You may be tempted to use @code{install-data-local} to install a file
> > +to some hard-coded location, but you should avoid this.
> > +(@pxref{Hard-Coded Install Paths})
>
> Shouldn't the period be moved from after "this" to after the closing
> parenthesis?
>
> Yes.
OK.
> > +With the @code{-local} targets, there is no particular guarantee of
> > +execution order; typically, they are run early, but with parallel
> > +make, there is no way to be sure of that.
>
> There isn't even consistency among the various -local targets in their
> ordering wrt. other targets. In fact, I wouldn't even know how many of
> them are run at what time, so I'm a bit wary of the "typically"
> statement.
>
> By all means, delete "typically" if you prefer. I was just copying
> (with rewording) from your mail :).
FWIW, I kept it and applied; check-local is run after check-TESTS, but
most others I think are run rather early.
Thanks again!
Ralf