Re: Sporadic GNU make jobserver unavailable
Ken Brown via Cygwin <[email protected]>
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On 12/5/2025 1:33 PM, Dimitry Andric via Cygwin wrote: > I just read https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2023-March/010972.html, > which says: > >> The default version [4.4.1-1] is built with jobserver using FIFO and >> the test version [4.4.1-2] using pipe. >> In same complex corner case the previous 4.4-1 was reported to >> fail and it is unclear if the pipe version is the solution >> or just a side coincidence. >> Please report any problem on any version. > > From Marco's post it is not really clear what the failure was, but our > Windows systems all run 4.4.1-2 since that is the latest version, so > I'll try reverting some boxes to 4.4.1-1 to see if that helps. You can also use the make option --jobserver-style=STYLE and specify pipe or fifo for the STYLE. For example, I use --jobserver-style=pipe when building texlive, since I used to get sporadic failures otherwise. Ken -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple