Re: improved parallel make support

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On ons, 2010-11-03 at 16:34 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On tis, 2010-11-02 at 10:21 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> > Do we have a handle on how many buildfarm members this will break?
>>
>> I suppose we don't.  One way to find out would be to commit just this
>> bit
>>
>> +# We need the $(eval) function, which is available in GNU make 3.80.
>> +# That also happens to be the version where the .VARIABLES variable
>> +# was introduced, so this is a simple check.
>> +ifndef .VARIABLES
>> +$(error GNU make 3.80 or newer is required)
>> +endif
>>
>> with a $(warning) instead, and let it run for a bit.
>
> So far, two machines have reported an older make version:
>
> dawn_bat
> narwhal
>
> both of the mingw type.  Andrew, Dave, could you see about upgrading the
> GNU make installation there?

Narwhal should be OK now.

/D