Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > On mån, 2010-01-04 at 21:58 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: >> The new implementation uses temp files that just have ".tmp" appended to >> the target file name. If there is a risk that "make -j" will run the >> same action twice in parallel, this isn't good enough. While it >> wouldn't be too tough to add the PID to the scripts, I wonder whether >> this comment is about a real problem or just a flight of fancy. It >> doesn't seem to me that parallel make ought to be stupid enough to >> do the same action twice. Anybody know?
> When you have only one makefile, this shouldn't happen if the rules are > written correctly. But when the parallel make is initiated from the > top, plus a decade-old buggy gmake, anything can happen. :-/ It's > probably worth the small extra effort to be robust against this when the > alternative is possible slightly butchered catalog files. OK, I'll go fix that. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers