Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Bruno" == Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

 Bruno> So it must mean: "If the user has removed *.elc but elc-stamp is still
 Bruno> there, then remake elc-stamp." This scenario can still occur, and will
 Bruno> still lead to multiple parallel processes [except if only one .elc file
 Bruno> was missing], and will still fail the same way.

Yes, I agree.  If users mutilate their build tree they can only
recover with a non-parallel make.  But IMO a fix for this
belongs to the rule that starts those multiple `$(MAKE)
elc-stamp' processes, not to the elc-stamp rule.  IOW locks are
not needed in regular builds, they would only be needed to
prevent multiple *recover* rules to start `$(MAKE) elc-stamp'.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz