Re: make install using "-j"

[David Everly]

One more thing I tried just now, which seems to work...I compiled and
installed coreutils 5.96 and autoconf/automake seems to like that
version of mkdir enough to not use the wrapper, and so far, it seems
to be working in a parallel build.

On 6/20/06, David Everly <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > * David Everly wrote on Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 01:55:32PM CEST:
> > > It seems that "make -j4 install" (gnu make) is not parallel-safe, as
> > > the creation of directories / subdirectories fail.  Is this correct,
> > > or possibly some mistake on my part?
>
> I mistyped above, it was 'make -j5 install'
>
> > In general, this should work, except if the package author messed it up.
> >
> > Which Automake version,
>
> automake 1.9.6
>
> > what system on,
>
> ia64-hp-hpux11.23
>
> > what are the values of
> > INSTALL
>
> INSTALL = ./install-sh -c
>
> > mkdir_p
>
> mkdir_p = $(install_sh) -d
>
> > install_sh
>
> install_sh = /home/deverly/trunk/install-sh
>
> > mkinstalldirs
>
> mkinstalldirs = $(install_sh) -d
>
> > in the Makefile, and which script_versions are the scripts install-sh
>
> ./install-sh 2005-05-14.22
>
> > and mkinstalldirs, if used?
>
> not used
>
> >  Is mkdir the GNU coreutils one?
>
> no
>
> > Some output that exposes the failure would be helpful,
>
> mkdir: cannot create /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly: File exists
> mkdir: cannot create /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly: File exists
> mkdir: cannot create /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly/trunk-nightly: File exists
> mkdir: cannot create /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly/trunk-nightly: File exists
> mkdir: cannot create
> /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly/trunk-nightly/impact-transport-2006.4.1:
> File exists
> mkdir: cannot create
> /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly/trunk-nightly/impact-transport-2006.4.1/_inst:
> File exists
> mkdir: cannot create
> /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly/trunk-nightly/impact-transport-2006.4.1/_inst:
> File exists
> mkdir: cannot create
> /tmp/am-dc-7581//home/deverly/trunk-nightly/impact-transport-2006.4.1/_inst/etc:
> File exists
> gmake[3]: *** [install-sysconfDATA] Error 1
> gmake[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> gmake[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> gmake[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> gmake[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> gmake[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>
> >  even better would
> > be a small reproducible example.
>
> I thought I could easily produce one, but so far, a simple example
> does not give the error (and even some times my full project does not
> give the error).
>
> > Finally, GNU make version may be
> > important as well.
>
> GNU Make 3.80
>
> > Thanks,
> > Ralf