Breaking the "bison.help: bison" dependency is non-trivial with MAKE_JOBS>1; instead make the problematic target a NOOP. Index: Makefile.in --- Makefile.in.orig +++ Makefile.in @@ -9579,6 +9579,7 @@ doc/$(am__dirstamp): @: > doc/$(am__dirstamp) $(srcdir)/doc/bison.info: doc/bison.texi $(srcdir)/doc/version.texi $(doc_bison_TEXINFOS) +neutered-bison-info: $(AM_V_MAKEINFO)restore=: && backupdir="$(am__leading_dot)am$$$$" && \ am__cwd=`pwd` && $(am__cd) $(srcdir) && \ rm -rf $$backupdir && mkdir $$backupdir && \