Re: [Lynx-dev] documentation build issue with e.g. -j3

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 07:17:59AM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 08:20:38AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > if lynx is built with -j3 the generated body.html is broken since the
> > $(CFG2HTML) target is not supposed to run multiple times in parallel
> 
> ...I did see the comments in Debian #983209
>  
> > Suggested patch:
> > -----------
> > --- lynx-2.9.0dev.6.orig/makefile.in
> > +++ lynx-2.9.0dev.6/makefile.in
> > @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ LYNX_URL='@HOMEPAGE_URL@release/breakout
> >  LYNXDOCS_URL='$(LYNX_URL)/docs/'
> >  LYNXHELP_URL='$(LYNX_URL)/lynx_help/'
> > 
> > -@LYNXCFG_MAKE@$(CFG2HTML) :
> > +@LYNXCFG_MAKE@$(CFG2HTML) &:
>                              ^^
> 
> That looks like a feature specific to GNU make.
> 
> Offhand, Lynx's makefiles will only use POSIX make, adding "::".
> If you really need _that_, it'll have to be as a patch in the Debian package.

however, I have a to-do to work around BSD make (pmake/bmake) problems in
this area, and the changes I'll make may make this suggested patch unnecessary.

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
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