Re: Strange linux-next build error

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat May 03 2008 - 18:40:48 EST



* Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Can you try to do a:
> > make V=1 and post the output a few screen fulls before and until
> > the bug triggers.
> > They I will see if I can work out what is happening.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sam
>
> I've been unable to trigger it with "make V=1 bzImage" - does the
> verbosity change, somehow, the default number of makes that get run ?
>
> If it does, I could try adding -j2 or similar to see if that causes it
> to trigger.

try something like:

make -j2 V=1 bzImage >log.txt 2>&1

and see whether the error shows up in log.txt. Console output caused by
the increased verbosity (especially if it's a slower console like an
xterm) can hide build races.

Ingo
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