Tom> Good idea. I'll dig up make 3.81 and give it a try soon, if not Tom> tomorrow, then early next week.
I did this today. I downloaded and built GNU make 3.81 and put it in my PATH. Then I did "make -j2" builds in the gcc directory of each revision. I also ran "touch Makefile.in" and then "make -j2" again. I didn't see any hangs. So, at least for me, the branch seems safe. Anybody else can easily try it. I do need to make another revision of the series, though. I'd forgotten why gdb has this "POSTCOMPILE" step, but I saw the answer while re-reading the old thread: it avoids an atomicity problem if gcc is interrupted while writing the .Po file. I'll send the new series soon. Tom
