[bug #62084] Parallel build failure: fatal error: cannot load 'DESC' description file for device 'ps'

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #62084 (project groff):

                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              
             Assigned to:                    None => gbranden               

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Follow-up Comment #1:


[comment #0 original submission:]
> Incomplete dependencies in Makefile causes occasional parallel build
failures (make -j).

I've never seen this--I guess I just don't have enough cores.  :)

> Here is seemingly deterministic way to make `groff` build fail in sequential
mode for me:
> 
> 
> $ ./bootstrap
> $ ./configure
> $ make contrib/hdtbl/examples/col_rowspan_colors.ps
> ...
> make contrib/hdtbl/examples/col_rowspan_colors.ps
>   GROFF    contrib/hdtbl/examples/col_rowspan_colors.ps
> /home/slyfox/dev/git/groff/groff: fatal error: cannot load 'DESC'
description file for device 'ps'
> make: *** [Makefile:12392: contrib/hdtbl/examples/col_rowspan_colors.ps]
Error 3
> make: *** Deleting file 'contrib/hdtbl/examples/col_rowspan_colors.ps'
> 

Yup.  Can confirm.  Thanks for the report and the easy reproducer.  The first
thing I tried (attached) revealed a missing dependency elsewhere, on gnulib's
uniwidth.h.  Hooray!

I'll see what I can do.

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