RE: problem with parallel builds on AIX

2002-03-08 Thread Paul D. Smith
No. There is only one issue I know of with the implementation of the jobserver in 3.79.1: it allows signals to interrupt system calls throughout the program. This can impact things like readdir(), etc. But, while this does cause some problems sometimes I've never known it to cause a jobserver h

RE: problem with parallel builds on AIX

2002-03-08 Thread Olausson, Per-Anders
Title: RE: problem with parallel builds on AIX   No I don't think it was spinning.   Just to make sure I'm not misinterpreting what you meant:   Is waiting for tokens to appear a known problem?   Regards,   Per -Original Message- From: Paul D. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: problem with parallel builds on AIX

2002-03-08 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "Olausson, Per-Anders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: op> Is there a known problem with running parallel builds on AIX? Not that I'm aware of. op> Unfortunately, I have not yet made a core of the processes or op> observed whether the jobserver is spinning or not Likely it's waiting for

Re: shell crash

2002-03-08 Thread Paul D. Smith
Sorry, I don't have any ideas. Try asking on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list; they might have some thoughts. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org

shell crash

2002-03-08 Thread Dinç
Hi, BUILD_DIR=$(shell cd) makes my dos-prompt console crash. Could you show me another way to do this?   Here is the gmake version: GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.   Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email!

problem with parallel builds on AIX

2002-03-08 Thread Olausson, Per-Anders
Title: problem with parallel builds on AIX   Hi,   Is there a known problem with running parallel builds on AIX?   I have a situation where the build will hang occassionally.   The symptoms are that there are no childs of make or the make jobserver.   Unfortunately, I have not yet ma