On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 at 04:40, <emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ endif > git-%$X: %.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS) > $(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS) > > -git-bugreport$X: bugreport.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS) > +git-bugreport$X: bugreport-config-safelist.h bugreport.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS) > $(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \ > $(LIBS) Haven't looked at this patch at all, except I've noticed that something is up with the dependencies. I think bugreport.o needs to depend on bugreport-config-safelist.h. As it is, the latter may or may not be available as bugreport.o is built. (Reproduces fairly well for me with something like `make clean && make -j16`.) I'll try to continue tomorrow. :-) Martin