[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Update of bug#63362 (group make): Status:None => Wont Fix Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #9: I haven't seen a

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #63362 (project make): Thanks, I checked locally that this solves the problem. ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #63362 (project make): I posted a patch for the Git build system to the Git mailing list, to avoid this issue; that change will be needed because the behavior of the Git build system isn't really correct, although prior to 4.4 it was basically ignored. In GNU make 4.4

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #63362 (project make): I was able to reproduce this incorrect behavior but haven't had time to look at it closely yet. It's definitely extremely odd. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #63362 (project make): Wow that is really confusing because the output shows that those prerequisites are already up to date. I'm going to have to see if I can reproduce this here. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #63362 (project make): I've attached the two outputs from: $ ../../make-4.4/make -j1 -d git-add.1 > j1-with-d $ ../../make-4.4/make -j2 -d git-add.1 > j2-with-d ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Additional Item Attachment, bug #63362 (project make): File name: j1-with-d Size:156 KB File name: j2-with-d Size:158 KB

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #63362 (project make): I am not sure why things behave differently between -j1 and -j2 I will have to investigate it. You can more easily determine what is going on if you invoke make with the `--trace` option. However, this rule seems wrong and always has been: %.1

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

URL: Summary: make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git Project: make Submitter: kanavin Submitted: Mon 14 Nov 2022 10:04:36 AM UTC

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #63362 (project make): Hm. Unfortunately that didn't help me much. I don't see why make thinks all those files have been updated. Can you please run with the full *-d* and attach the generated output as a file to this issue? Possibly even compressed if it's too

[bug #63362] make 4.4: different behavior with -j1 and -j2 when building manpages from git

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #63362 (project make): Here's two consecutive invocations with -j1 and then with -j2, with --trace added: alex@alex-lx-laptop:~/development/git/Documentation$ ../../make-4.4/make -j1 --trace git-add.1 SUBDIR ../ make[1]: 'GIT-VERSION-FILE' is up to date.