Re: autoconf 2.57b: locking fails over NFS

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
 Paul> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
 >>> When people change configure.ac and run `make -j', that can
 >>> trigger simultaneous runs of autoconf, automake, and autoheader.

 Paul> If that's the main problem, then we can use a heuristic:
 Paul> report a lock failure and exit only if MAKEFLAGS contains
 Paul> -j.  It's a bit of a hack, admittedly.

 > This sounds like a good solution to me.

Same here.