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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-03-05 23:41:29 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-03-06 00:44:01 +0100
commit211db2f6451845bdd7632a2aecf761127e849b11 (patch)
treecf0453d0542725714dff8f7f27884b4b4a9f83ea /gnu/packages/base.scm
parent15926aec0d5b72961599ace50082baee5c01ae7e (diff)
downloadguix-211db2f6451845bdd7632a2aecf761127e849b11.tar.gz
gnu: glibc: Comment on the parallel build race.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc): Augment comment regarding sequential
  builds.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 102a9659c2..ac059870e2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -388,7 +388,11 @@ included.")
 
    (arguments
     `(#:out-of-source? #t
-      #:parallel-build? #f ; There's at least one race in the build.
+
+      ;; In version 2.21, there a race in the 'elf' directory, see
+      ;; <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00709.html>.
+      #:parallel-build? #f
+
       #:configure-flags
       (list "--enable-add-ons"
             "--sysconfdir=/etc"