Re: BUG #15407: [minor] build depends on $MAKELEVEL being 0 at top Makefile

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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Subject: Re: BUG #15407: [minor] build depends on $MAKELEVEL being 0 at top Makefile
Date: 2018-09-27 13:47:19
Message-ID: 1118.1538056039@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?utf-8?q?PG_Bug_reporting_form?= <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> We build postgresql as part of a larger runtime environment, and if the
> top-level make is invoked from an existing, other Makefile (i.e., with
> $MAKELEVEL set), the build fails like this:
> ...
> Workaround for us was to use
> MAKELEVEL=0 $(MAKE)
> instead.

Yeah, this is now documented, near the bottom of the "2. Build" step at
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/install-procedure.html

It should be harmless to do that for pre-11 versions too.

regards, tom lane

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