forwarded 592992 http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6858
thanks

On 2010-08-14 23:00 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:

> Package: emacs23
> Version: 23.2+1-3
> Severity: serious
>
> The amd64 build failed due to a race condition in parallel building:
>
> ,----
> | In gnus-summary-limit-to-bodies:
> | gnus-sum.el:8359:57:Warning: `save-excursion' defeated by `set-buffer'
> | Wrote 
> /build/buildd-emacs23_23.2+1-3-amd64-ofeZOD/emacs23-23.2+1/debian/build-nox/lisp/gnus/gnus-win.elc
> | Compiling 
> /build/buildd-emacs23_23.2+1-3-amd64-ofeZOD/emacs23-23.2+1/debian/build-nox/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
> | 
> | In toplevel form:
> | gnus/gnus-vm.el:36:1:Error: Required feature `gnus-sum' was not provided
> | make[3]: *** 
> [/build/buildd-emacs23_23.2+1-3-amd64-ofeZOD/emacs23-23.2+1/debian/build-nox/lisp/gnus/gnus-vm.elc]
>  Error 1
> | make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> | Wrote 
> /build/buildd-emacs23_23.2+1-3-amd64-ofeZOD/emacs23-23.2+1/debian/build-nox/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.elc
> `----
>
> I seems as if gnus-sum.elc had only been half written while gnus-vm was
> byte-compiled.  This is due to write-region not updating files
> atomically.

I reported this upstream as well, but I would not expect a quick fix.
In the meantime, parallel building could be disabled for reliable, 
albeit slow, build.

Sven



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