M gnu/packages/man.scm => gnu/packages/man.scm +6 -0
@@ 129,6 129,12 @@ the traditional flat-text whatis databases.")
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
'(#:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)
+
+ ;; The 'all' target depends on three targets that directly populate
+ ;; $(MANDIR) based on its current contents. Doing that in parallel
+ ;; leads to undefined behavior (see <http://bugs.gnu.org/18701>.)
+ #:parallel-build? #f
+
#:tests? #f
#:make-flags (list (string-append "MANDIR="
(assoc-ref %outputs "out")