yugabyte/yugabyte-db

[YSQL] Parallelize postgres build make invocations

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#27,196 opened on May 15, 2025

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Description

Jira Link: DB-16682

Description

python/yugabyte/build_postgres.py make_postgres calls make in various subdirectories. After self.pg_build_root, the remaining items can be parallelized (or could everything be parallelized?). Perhaps all that's needed is some python multithreading.

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Analyze the current make invocation sequence in build postgres.py. Identify which steps are independent and can be parallelized. Implement parallel execution using Python's concurrent.futures or threading. Ensure builds complete successfully.
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cpython
Domain
build systembackenddatabase
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Refactor
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PythonMake
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