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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(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: 2012-09-09 20:54:49
Message-ID: 15270.1347224089@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 14:05 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> 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 does the issue go away when using GNU make 3.81?

I couldn't reproduce it in a few tries on my Mac laptop, which has 3.81.
But that's not necessarily a comparable test, given the different
hardware, OS, and compiler version. I'd put more faith in the multiple
statements in the upstream bugs that people weren't seeing this with
3.81.

regards, tom lane

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