Hi!
There is a small bug in PostgreSQL 7.3.3 which makes
the build process fail sometimes on SMP machines with
"make -j n" (n>1)
Ths problem is in the src/backend/catalog/genbki.sh
script, which gets executed twice during the build
process. On SMP machines, and with "make -j", chances are
high that both executions are in parallel (at the same time).
But genbki.sh is not SMP safe: it uses a temporary file
TMPFILE="$TMPDIR/genbkitmp.c"
which of course is the same for both instances of genbki.sh
and chances are high, the temporary file gets corrupted and
compilation of this file then fails.
I made the following patch to solve this:
--- postgresql/src/backend/catalog/genbki.sh.orig 2003-07-29 09:37:20.000000000 +0200
+++ postgresql/src/backend/catalog/genbki.sh 2003-07-29 09:37:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
fi
-TMPFILE="$TMPDIR/genbkitmp.c"
+TMPFILE="$TMPDIR/genbkitmp-$$.c"
trap "rm -f $TMPFILE ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}.bki.$$ ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}.description.$$" 0 1 2 3 15
I think, it should be obvious. I tested the patch several times
on a Dual-Xeon hyperthreaded machine with "make -j 4" and now
every single build works (without the patch, 2 out of 3 builds
fail). Please apply.
Regards,
- andreas
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