Hacker News with Generative AI: GNU Make

New make --shuffle mode (2022) (trofi.github.io)
I implemented new --shuffle option for GNU make to simulate non-deterministic build order in parallel makefiles.
Software, Build Tools, GNU Make
30 points by pabs3 34 days ago | 1 comments
The GNU make jobserver Implementation (2015) (mad-scientist.net)
This paper describes the GNU make “jobserver” implementation: it is meant mainly for people who want to understand the GNU make jobserver, but also for those interesting in a traditionally hairy problem in UNIX programming: how to wait for two different types of events (signals and file descriptors) at the same time.
GNU Make, Unix Programming, Parallel Processing, Operating Systems, Job Scheduling
83 points by fanf2 53 days ago | 40 comments
Show HN: Making GNU Make a better Task Runner (github.com/mitjafelicijan)
GNU Make, Task Runners, Open Source, Programming Tools
98 points by mitjafelicijan 251 days ago | 61 comments