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| -rw-r--r-- | src/Makefile | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile index adda7ceb3..ccaca1c13 100644 --- a/src/Makefile +++ b/src/Makefile @@ -19,8 +19,14 @@ RM_COMMAND=/bin/rm # provide an override for the OS type and architecture type; they still have # to be used for the OS-specific files. To override them, you can set the # shell variables OSTYPE and ARCHTYPE when running make. - -buildname=$${build:-`$(SHELL) scripts/os-type`-`$(SHELL) scripts/arch-type`} +# +# EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX should be used to enable parallel builds on a file +# system shared among different Linux distros (same os-type, same +# arch-type). The ../test/runtest script is expected to honour the +# EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX when searching the Exim binary. +# NOTE: EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX is considered *experimental*. + +buildname=$${build:-`$(SHELL) scripts/os-type`-`$(SHELL) scripts/arch-type`}$${EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX:+.$$EXIM_BUILD_SUFFIX} # The default target checks for the existence of Local/Makefile, that the main # makefile is built and up-to-date, and then it runs it. |