bug#8621: build-aux/compile: avoid race condition failure

2012-01-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
severity minor 8621 tags wontfix 8621 close 8621 thanks Reference: Regarding this bug, Jim Meyering has wrote in a (off-list) reply: > > I'm not terribly concerned about that, since it impacts only the > few people who are stuck using inferior

bug#8621: build-aux/compile: avoid race condition failure

2011-05-05 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2011-05-05 21:27 skrev Eric Blake: > On 05/05/2011 01:06 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> Den 2011-05-05 16:53 skrev Jim Meyering: >>> Is there any reason not to make the compile script >>> accommodate (in a race-free manner) situations like >>> the one described in http://debbugs.gnu.org/8616 ? >> >>

bug#8621: build-aux/compile: avoid race condition failure

2011-05-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/05/2011 01:06 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > Den 2011-05-05 16:53 skrev Jim Meyering: >> Is there any reason not to make the compile script >> accommodate (in a race-free manner) situations like >> the one described in http://debbugs.gnu.org/8616 ? > > Yes, I can think of a couple. When the compi

bug#8621: build-aux/compile: avoid race condition failure

2011-05-05 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2011-05-05 16:53 skrev Jim Meyering: > Is there any reason not to make the compile script > accommodate (in a race-free manner) situations like > the one described in http://debbugs.gnu.org/8616 ? Yes, I can think of a couple. When the compile script is used to wrap MSVC (aka cl.exe), I think