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

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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: 2012-09-08 04:03:11
Message-ID: 504AC37F.7030308@dunslane.net
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On 09/07/2012 10:46 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 09/07/2012 09:55 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> On 09/07/2012 08:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>>>> Well, it looks like it's always failing on ecpg, with preproc.h not
>>>> being made in the right order. Here is the last bit of a make log
>>>> starting from when it starts on ecpg. This is pretty repeatable.
>>> Hmph. I can't reproduce it at all on my Fedora 16 box. What version
>>> of make are you using?
>>
>>
>> $ make -v
>> GNU Make 3.82
>> Built for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> OK, I just tried on a different F16 machine and it didn't happen. I
> wonder what's different.

This seems totally stupid, but it happens when the path to the current
directory includes a cross-device symlink. If I cd following the link,
then this effect doesn't happen. Weird.

cheers

andrew

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