Parallel Make Output

Question

When running a CMake generated Makefile with multiple processes (make -jN), the output often gets messed up like this:

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Answer 1

Here is a simple working example of using a wrapper for Make. I'm not sure if I'd encourage it's use, but it's an idea.

# Makefile
SHELL = /tmp/test/wrapper

test: test1 test2

test1:
    $(eval export TARGET=$@)
    env

test2:
    $(eval export TARGET=$@)
    env

and this:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# wrapper
bash $@ | sed -e "s/^/${TARGET} /"