Bug 1652229 - glibc: Do not use parallel make for building locales
Summary: glibc: Do not use parallel make for building locales
Status: VERIFIED
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: glibc
Version: 8.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Florian Weimer
QA Contact: Alexandra Hájková
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Depends On: 1652228
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-11-21 17:51 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2019-02-14 13:57 UTC (History)
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Clone Of: 1652228
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Description Florian Weimer 2018-11-21 17:51:15 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1652228 +++

localedef uses hard links to avoid storing the same data repeatedly across locales, but the hardlink groups are different depending on how the localedef invocations are scheduled by make.

This leads to differences in the generated RPM files—the column “6:19” in the first row is RPM's pseudo-inode number followed by the link count.

--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_AE.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_AE.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_AE/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_BH.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_BH.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_BH/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_DZ.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_DZ.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_DZ/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_EG.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_EG.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_EG/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_IN/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_IQ.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_IN/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_IQ.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_IQ/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_JO.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_JO.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_JO/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_KW.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_KW.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_KW/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_LB.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_LB.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_LB/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_LY.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_LY.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_LY/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_MA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_MA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_MA/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_OM.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 300:1 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_OM.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_OM/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_QA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_QA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_QA/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SA/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SD.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SD.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SD/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SS/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SY.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SS/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SY.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_SY/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_TN.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_TN.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_TN/LC_CTYPE
--rw-r--r-- () 6:19 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_YE.utf8/LC_CTYPE
+-rw-r--r-- () 6:18 {(none)} root root 337024 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_YE.utf8/LC_CTYPE
 -rw-r--r-- () 19:17 {(none)} root root 288796 - /usr/lib/locale/ar_YE/LC_CTYPE

If there are fewer hardlinks as the result of these races, then installation size and RPM size increases due to data duplication.
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