-p option seems to be ignored

[Michael_google gmail_Gersten]

>> This package has many dependencies.
>> It stopped when the first dependency failed.
>>
>> I'm expecting behavior like "make -k" -- continue building as much as possible.
>
> What would be the point of continuing?  If a dependency needed by gtk2
> failed, I'm pretty sure gtk2 is definitely not going to build then...
>
> Bryan

While Gtk2 won't build, another 15 packages that will eventually be
needed may be able to. For all I know, other packages will fail, but
if I can get them to all fail at once, I can try to get them fixed at
once. Instead, I have to solve them serially.