Re: [PATCH] build: avoid racy failure of "make -jN install"

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 11/23/2016 06:36 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] build: avoid racy failure of "make -jN install"
> 
> Installing with -j2 or greater could result in a failure like
>   /bin/sh: line 29: /P/bin/install: Permission denied
> when /P/bin/install specifies your PATH-selected install program.
> This would arise because we're using "install" to install all
> man/*.1 files, and that command would run concurrently with the one
> that installs "/P/bin/install" itself.        We would run this command:
> "src/ginstall src/ginstall /P/bin/install", and it would result
> in intervals during which the destination file does not exist,
> is empty or incomplete and not executable.  We addressed this
> problem long ago for installation of actual binaries by telling the
> installation rules ot use our just-built bin/ginstall (only when not

s/ot/to/
otherwise +1

Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny