Re: build farm machine using mixed results

I wrote:
> And the answer is ... it's a gmake bug.  Apparently introduced in 3.82.
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?30653
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835424

> 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 no sooner do I complain about that, than the upstream maintainers
wake up and commit it:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2012-09/msg00016.html

No idea when a fixed release might appear, but at least somebody who
knows the gmake code has signed off on the fix now.
        regards, tom lane