PATCH: PR binutils/12283: bfd/doc doesn't support parallel build

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* H.J. Lu wrote on Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 07:16:07PM CET:
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * H.J. Lu wrote on Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 06:00:32PM CET:
> >> Any objection to this patch?
> >
> > The rule to update $(MKDOC):

> > should be atomic (the ';' should be '&&' though). Â So, I would be
> 
> Failure is very random. There is a race condition. "make -j8" on a 16core
> machine can start making $(MKDOC) at the same time. How can move-if-change
> be 100% atomic?

Well, 'mv -f' within a mount point is atomic, that's how.  Show the
failure when you next see one, please.  Also, which make version?

We could move to the PR for gathering data?

Thanks,
Ralf