Re: make fails and succeeds ??

[Dan Eble]

On Aug 7, 2020, at 18:56, Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just did `make -j5 CPU_COUNT=5` with some experimental patch on top
> of current master.
> It failed with
> lilypond-book.py: error: file not found:
> single-staff-template-with-notes-and-lyrics.ly
> This file _is_ present, I checked this!
> Without changing anything I did `make -j5 CPU_COUNT=5` again.
> Success!
> 
> What's going on?
> 
> Thanks,
>  Harm
> 

The same happened to me just now when I ran "make -j7 CPU_COUNT=7 check".

...
Rational_test::neg_infinity [OK]
Making Documentation/out/lilypond-changes.info < texi
Making Documentation/out/en/ROADMAP (copy)
Making Documentation/out/en/internals.texi 
Making Documentation/out/colorado.itexi < bib
Making Documentation/out/computer-notation.itexi < bib
Making Documentation/out/engravingbib.itexi < bib
Making Documentation/out/en/learning.texi < tely
Making Documentation/out/en/music-glossary.texi < tely
Making Documentation/out/we-wrote.itexi < bib
Making Documentation/out/others-did.itexi < bib
Making Documentation/out/en/extending.texi < tely
Making Documentation/out/DEDICATION.txt (copy)
Making Documentation/out/en/contributor.texi (copy)
Making Documentation/out/en/essay.texi < tely
Making Documentation/out/en/web.texi (copy)
Making Documentation/out/lilypond-contributor.info < texi
Making Documentation/out/lilypond-web.info < texi
lilypond-book.py: error: file not found: 
single-staff-template-with-notes-and-lyrics.ly

make[1]: *** [/home/user/lilypond-src/./make/ly-rules.make:24: 
out/en/learning.texi] Error 1
make[1]: *** Deleting file 'out/en/learning.texi'
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [/home/user/lilypond-src/stepmake/stepmake/generic-targets.make:6: 
all] Error 2
— 
Dan