Error messages were No rule to make target ... iconv/charmap.o Changing to "-j1" worked around the problem, but now I need to switch it back to reproduce. Reproducible: Always
make -j5 subdir=csu -C csu ..=../ others make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1/csu' make[2]: warning: -jN forced in submake: disabling jobserver mode. make[2]: Nothing to be done for `others'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1/csu' make -j5 subdir=iconv -C iconv ..=../ others make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1/iconv' make[2]: warning: -jN forced in submake: disabling jobserver mode. make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1/iconv' make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1/iconv' make[2]: warning: -jN forced in submake: disabling jobserver mode. i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc iconv_charmap.c -c -std=gnu99 -O2 -Wall -Winline -Wwrite-strings -fmerge-all-constants -fno-strict-aliasing -march=prescott -mtune=prescott -pipe -Wstrict-prototypes -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -I../locale/programs -I../include -I/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/iconv -I/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-nptl -I../sysdeps/i386/elf -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../nptl/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 -I../nptl/sysdeps/unix -I../ports/sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i686 -I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../nptl/sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/i386 -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -I../nptl -I../ports -I.. -I../libio -I. -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include-fixed -isystem /usr/include -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include ../include/libc-symbols.h -DNOT_IN_libc -o /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/iconv/iconv_charmap.o -MD -MP -MF /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/iconv/iconv_charmap.o.dt -MT /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/iconv/iconv_charmap.o make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/build-default-i686-pc-linux-gnu-nptl/iconv/charmap.o', needed by `others'. Stop. make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1/iconv' make[1]: *** [iconv/others] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1/work/glibc-2.6.1' make: *** [all] Error 2
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 195942 ***