This ensures that `commoninstall` is completed before `bininstall` is
started when parallel builds are used (`make -j install`), and so the
`python3` symlink is only installed after all standard library modules
are installed.
Co-authored-by: Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com>
fi
.PHONY: bininstall
-bininstall: altbininstall
+# We depend on commoninstall here to make sure the installation is already usable
+# before we possibly overwrite the global 'python3' symlink to avoid causing
+# problems for anything else trying to run 'python3' while we install, particularly
+# if we're installing in parallel with -j.
+bininstall: commoninstall altbininstall
if test ! -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC); then \
echo "Creating directory $(LIBPC)"; \
$(INSTALL) -d -m $(DIRMODE) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC); \
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+Include ``commoninstall`` as a prerequisite for ``bininstall``
+
+This ensures that ``commoninstall`` is completed before ``bininstall``
+is started when parallel builds are used (``make -j install``), and so
+the ``python3`` symlink is only installed after all standard library
+modules are installed.