Re: build farm machine using <make -j 8> mixed results

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Creager <robert(at)logicalchaos(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: build farm machine using <make -j 8> mixed results
Date: 2012-09-10 18:44:40
Message-ID: 27956.1347302680@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> And the answer is ... it's a gmake bug. Apparently introduced in 3.82.
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?30653
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835424

> So I think .NOTPARALLEL is just masking the true problem, but
> nonetheless it's a problem. And given that the bug report on savannah
> has been ignored for two years, we should not hold our breath for a fix
> to appear upstream (much less propagate to everyone using 3.82).

So no sooner do I complain about that, than the upstream maintainers
wake up and commit it:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2012-09/msg00016.html

No idea when a fixed release might appear, but at least somebody who
knows the gmake code has signed off on the fix now.

regards, tom lane

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