Re: BUG #5963: make -j4 check fails

On mån, 2011-04-25 at 11:03 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> but executing
> >> time make -j4 check
> >> fails (I don't see any obvious problem in the log file):
> >> [...]
> >> ============== creating temporary installation
> ==============
> >>
> >> pg_regress: installation failed
> >> Examine
> >> /home/gavin/AAA/updates/postgresql/postgresql-9.1alpha5/src/test/regress/log
> >> /install.log for the reason.
> >> Command was: "make" -C "../../.."
> >>
> DESTDIR="/home/gavin/AAA/updates/postgresql/postgresql-9.1alpha5/src/test/re
> >> gress/./tmp_check/install" install >
> >>
> "/home/gavin/AAA/updates/postgresql/postgresql-9.1alpha5/src/test/regress/lo
> >> g/install.log" 2>&1
> >> make[2]: *** [check] Error 2
> >> make[2]: Leaving directory
> >>
> `/home/gavin/AAA/updates/postgresql/postgresql-9.1alpha5/src/test/regress'
> >> make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
> >> make[1]: Leaving directory
> >> `/home/gavin/AAA/updates/postgresql/postgresql-9.1alpha5/src/test'
> >> make: *** [check] Error 2
> >>
> >> real 0m3.253s
> >> user 0m1.666s
> >> sys 0m1.141s
> >
> > I did some bisecting, and it appears the problem was introduced in
> the
> > commit "Improved parallel make support" on November 12, 2010.
>
> I suspect this needs a fix along the lines of commit
> 4502c8e1c06164adb7be526096e91e04d1844d36, which I believe fixed a
> similar problem for 'make install'.

That commit should have fixed this problem as well.