Re: BUG #5963: make -j4 check fails

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Joseph Adams <joeyadams3(dot)14159(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>
>> Bug reference:      5963
>> Logged by:          Gavin Flower
>> Email address:      gavin(dot)flower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.1alpha5
>> Operating system:   x86_64 Linux
>> Description:        make -j4 check fails
>> Details:
>>
>> After executing
>>     time -j4 make
>> I went to initiate the testing (note: I deleted the directory, re-extracted
>> and repeated the compile for each of the following options):
>>
>> executing
>>    time make check
>> works (All 126 tests passed)
>>
>> 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'.

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