Bug 1093149

Summary: GNU Make segfaults on $(eval) in parallel
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Joe Sapp <sapp>
Component: makeAssignee: Patsy Griffin <pfrankli>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Cermak <mcermak>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact: Clayton Spicer <cspicer>
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Version: 6.5CC: law, mcermak, mnewsome, pfrankli
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Patch
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Fixed In Version: make-3.81-21.el6 Doc Type: Release Note
Doc Text:
Parallel builds no longer terminate unexpectedly due to `$(eval)` constructs Previously, a bug caused the *make* utility to terminate unexpectedly when executing parallel builds containing `$(eval)` constructs. This has now been fixed, and parallel builds no longer crash due to this bug.
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Last Closed: 2016-05-10 21:14:13 UTC Type: Bug
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Sample Makefile that segfaults when built in parallel none

Description Joe Sapp 2014-04-30 17:56:02 UTC 
Created attachment 891265 [details]
Sample Makefile that segfaults when built in parallel

Description of problem:
GNU Make 3.81 issues a segmentation fault when run in parallel on a Makefile with an $(eval) construct.  S

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1:3.81-20.el6

How reproducible:
Not sure, but seems to be often.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download attached Makefile.
2. Run `make setup`
3. Run `make -j2`

Actual results:
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Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Expected results:
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Additional info:
See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?20033 for a sample Makefile and proposed patch.
Apparently this has been fixed in 3.82.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2016-05-10 21:14:13 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0827.html