Hi, Someone told me that this error is caused by Make using "file descriptor 3" a second time, and they are blaming Make:
make[2]: *** read jobs pipe: Bad file descriptor. Stop. make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: *** [Makefile:108: ...] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '...' Make exited with status 2 I am not ready to accept their assessment without further understanding. The process tree is like this: gnumake(1) -> cmdA(2) -> cmdB(3) -> cmdC(4)-> ... -> gnumake(7) The first make is called with the -j option. The intermediate commands are not controlled by me, they are proprietary vendor code that I cannot access. The last call to make is also hidden from me. Help me understand what is happening. Is it a limitation/bug of GNU Make, an unsupportable use case, what is happening? Any suggestions on how to fix this? Martin
