RE: make build -j does not appear to be thread safe

Johnny Hwang <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:43:15 +0000
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Thanks. For what it's worth, I noticed that the 'build' target aliases to '=
depend all', so I'm just running make depend && make all -j instead as work=
around right now, good enough for me.

From: Remi Chateauneu (Imap) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 9:29 PM
To: Johnny Hwang <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: make build -j does not appear to be thread safe

Le 06/10/2015 02:13, Johnny Hwang a =E9crit :
I get intermittent build errors when I run build -j on 2.14.1, and it appea=
rs to be a regression from 2.13.0. Anyone else noticing this issue?

I noticed this problem with many other makefiles, and therefore I never use=
 the -j option except in very specific cases:

"In practice, GNU Make parallel execution is severely limited by a number o=
f problems stemming from the fact that almost all Makefiles are written wit=
h the implicit notion that they will run in series." http://www.cmcrossroad=
s.com/article/pitfalls-and-benefits-gnu-make-parallelization


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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">Thanks. For what it&#8=
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all -j instead as workaround right now, good enough for me.<o:p></o:p></spa=
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<span style=3D"color:windowtext"> Remi Chateauneu (Imap) [mailto:remi.chate=
[email protected]]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 05, 2015 9:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Johnny Hwang &lt;[email protected]&gt;; [email protected]=
g<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: make build -j does not appear to be thread safe<o:p></o=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Le 06/10/2015 02:13, Johnny Hwang a =E9crit&nbsp;:<s=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I get intermittent build errors when I run build -j =
on 2.14.1, and it appears to be a regression from 2.13.0. Anyone else notic=
ing this issue?<o:p></o:p></p>
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I noticed this problem with many other makefiles, and therefore I never use=
 the -j option except in very specific cases:<br>
<br>
&quot;In practice, GNU Make parallel execution is severely limited by a num=
ber of problems stemming from the fact that almost all Makefiles are writte=
n with the implicit notion that they will run in series.&quot;
<a href=3D"http://www.cmcrossroads.com/article/pitfalls-and-benefits-gnu-ma=
ke-parallelization">
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/article/pitfalls-and-benefits-gnu-make-parallel=
ization</a><br>
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