Re: Regression on Cygwin: Problems with parallel make in 4.4

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, 2023-03-12 at 11:25 -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
> > If I'm right, the solution would seem to be to disable the use of 
> > pselect on Cygwin when the jobserver is using a fifo.  I'll try
> > that on a local build of make and see if I can still reproduce the
> > problem.
> 
> Never mind.  My speculation is leading nowhere.  I just had 5
> successful builds followed by a hang in the 6th attempt.  I guess I
> just have to continue using a pipe for my TeX Live builds.

The latest release (GNU Make 4.4.1) uses pipes for jobserver on both
Cygwin and Hurd, which both seem to have problems emulating POSIX-style
FIFOs.

Did that change not work for you, or did you by-hand force the
jobserver to use FIFOs for these tests?