On 09/10/2012 02:44 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.
>
>
When it does appear in a release I guess we could make the .NOTPARALLEL
conditional on make version. If not, we'll have to wait a long time
before removing it.
cheers
andrew