[bug #51527] Make race issue when MikTeX htlatex is used

[Martin Dorey]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #51527 (project make):

Numerous memory corruption bugs have been fixed in the 11 years since make
3.81, some with just the sort of input sensitivity you report here.  One
example:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40159

I only have anecdotal evidence but even Debian, who would backport any fix
pointed out to them for any reproducible test case, had a version that was
riven by such occasional crashes until we removed the blocker for them to
upgrade to version 4.x under:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33034

I don't think you'll find anyone is interested in debugging a version of make
from so long ago, so I regrettably think you'd be better off redirecting your
considerable efforts towards getting a newer version.  The dates on:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Base/make/

... make that project look pretty moribund.  The eponymous ez in:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/

... is Gnu make's Windows maintainer.  I haven't tried it and don't remember
seeing reference to it before but maybe you'll have more luck there?  If not,
then sorry.

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