Re: build farm machine using mixed results - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: build farm machine using mixed results
Date
Msg-id 504AC37F.7030308@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: build farm machine using mixed results  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: build farm machine using mixed results  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 09/07/2012 10:46 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 09/07/2012 09:55 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> On 09/07/2012 08:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>>>> Well, it looks like it's always failing on ecpg, with preproc.h not
>>>> being made in the right order. Here is the last bit of a make log
>>>> starting from when it starts on ecpg. This is pretty repeatable.
>>> Hmph.  I can't reproduce it at all on my Fedora 16 box.  What version
>>> of make are you using?
>>
>>
>> $ make -v
>> GNU Make 3.82
>> Built for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> OK, I just tried on a different F16 machine and it didn't happen. I 
> wonder what's different.

This seems totally stupid, but it happens when the path to the current 
directory includes a cross-device symlink. If I cd following the link, 
then this effect doesn't happen. Weird.

cheers

andrew






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