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

If you're using GNU make, you can do it by redefining SHELL such that commands are wrapped by a trivial utility that ensures atomicity of information printed to standard output. Here's a more detailed description, including sample source for the wrapper utility.