Public bug reported:
When "install -D dir" is invoked from a parallel make session, there is
a race condition where one thread successfully creates "dir"; when the
remaining threads get mkdir("dir")=EEXIST, the command exits with an
error, aborting the parallel make job.
This race does not exist in GNU coreutils, where EEXIST does not trigger
an error.
One example where this is a problem is during kernel builds:
$ make -j12 bindeb-pkg
...
install: cannot create directory
'debian/linux-image-7.1.0-rc3+/usr/lib/linux-image-7.1.0-rc3+/qcom'
make[6]: *** [scripts/Makefile.dtbinst:23:
debian/linux-image-7.1.0-rc3+/usr/lib/linux-image-7.1.0-rc3+/qcom/sar2130p-qar2130p.dtb]
Error 1
make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[5]: *** [Makefile:1617: dtbs_install] Error 2
make[4]: *** [Makefile:2272: run-command] Error 2
make[3]: *** [debian/rules:67: binary-image] Error 2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: coreutils-from-uutils 0.0.0~ubuntu25
Uname: Linux 7.1.0-rc3+ aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 13 18:15:07 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-04-24 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release arm64 (20260423.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/usr/bin/fish
TERM=xterm-ghostty
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: coreutils-from
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: coreutils-from (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug arm64 resolute wayland-session
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