On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 02:47:35PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 12/01/2016 03:51, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> >I wonder if the difference in behavior is due to:
> >http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
> >
> >That thread is linked to on the main page:
> >https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
> 
> It is interesting but I fail to see how this could make a problem for us.
> The only difference in the fix is giving write permission to user instead of
> world. However, when we run distcheck, only one the current user counts.
> 
> >It would be nice to know what happens with 1.15. Ubuntu 15.10 has 1.15
> >so I will try to do a fresh install and check it out. Not sure when
> >though.
> 
> I just tried it and it worked without problem. Actually, I suspect that
> there is some timing problem that creates wrong dependencies between files.

If I do

make -j4
make check
make distcheck

Does the 'make distcheck' know that I asked for 4 jobs in the make call?
If so, could parallel building be a cause of the timing differences?

Scott

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