https://bugs.gentoo.org/775170
https://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=61639
--- a/texk/web2c/web2c/Makefile.in
+++ b/texk/web2c/web2c/Makefile.in
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@
 libweb2c_a_OBJECTS = $(am_libweb2c_a_OBJECTS)
 am_fixwrites_OBJECTS = fixwrites.$(OBJEXT)
 fixwrites_OBJECTS = $(am_fixwrites_OBJECTS)
-am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
-fixwrites_DEPENDENCIES = $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
+fixwrites_DEPENDENCIES = $(web2c_LDADD)
 AM_V_lt = $(am__v_lt_@AM_V@)
 am__v_lt_ = $(am__v_lt_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
 am__v_lt_0 = --silent
@@ -138,11 +137,11 @@
 makecpool_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am_splitup_OBJECTS = splitup.$(OBJEXT)
 splitup_OBJECTS = $(am_splitup_OBJECTS)
-splitup_DEPENDENCIES = $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
+splitup_DEPENDENCIES = $(web2c_LDADD)
 am_web2c_OBJECTS = web2c-parser.$(OBJEXT) web2c-lexer.$(OBJEXT) \
 	main.$(OBJEXT)
 web2c_OBJECTS = $(am_web2c_OBJECTS)
-web2c_DEPENDENCIES =
+web2c_DEPENDENCIES = libweb2c.a
 SCRIPTS = $(dist_noinst_SCRIPTS)
 AM_V_P = $(am__v_P_@AM_V@)
 am__v_P_ = $(am__v_P_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
@@ -416,7 +415,7 @@
 	main.c \
 	web2c.h
 
-web2c_LDADD = -L. -lweb2c
+web2c_LDADD = libweb2c.a
 fixwrites_SOURCES = \
 	fixwrites.c
 
--- a/texk/web2c/web2c/Makefile.in
+++ b/texk/web2c/web2c/Makefile.in
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
 libweb2c_a_OBJECTS = $(am_libweb2c_a_OBJECTS)
 am_fixwrites_OBJECTS = fixwrites.$(OBJEXT)
 fixwrites_OBJECTS = $(am_fixwrites_OBJECTS)
-fixwrites_DEPENDENCIES = $(web2c_LDADD)
 AM_V_lt = $(am__v_lt_@AM_V@)
 am__v_lt_ = $(am__v_lt_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
 am__v_lt_0 = --silent
@@ -137,11 +136,9 @@
 makecpool_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am_splitup_OBJECTS = splitup.$(OBJEXT)
 splitup_OBJECTS = $(am_splitup_OBJECTS)
-splitup_DEPENDENCIES = $(web2c_LDADD)
 am_web2c_OBJECTS = web2c-parser.$(OBJEXT) web2c-lexer.$(OBJEXT) \
 	main.$(OBJEXT)
 web2c_OBJECTS = $(am_web2c_OBJECTS)
-web2c_DEPENDENCIES = libweb2c.a
 SCRIPTS = $(dist_noinst_SCRIPTS)
 AM_V_P = $(am__v_P_@AM_V@)
 am__v_P_ = $(am__v_P_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
@@ -395,6 +392,7 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = $(WARNING_CFLAGS)
 EXTRA_LIBRARIES = libweb2c.a
 BUILT_SOURCES = w2c/config.h
+#
 DISTCLEANFILES = w2c/config.h web2c-parser.output
 noinst_HEADERS = coerce.h
 dist_noinst_SCRIPTS = convert
@@ -415,14 +413,17 @@
 	main.c \
 	web2c.h
 
+web2c_DEPENDENCIES = # don't build libweb2c.a in parallel
 web2c_LDADD = libweb2c.a
 fixwrites_SOURCES = \
 	fixwrites.c
 
+fixwrites_DEPENDENCIES = # don't build libweb2c.a in parallel
 fixwrites_LDADD = $(web2c_LDADD)
 splitup_SOURCES = \
 	splitup.c
 
+splitup_DEPENDENCIES = # don't build libweb2c.a in parallel
 splitup_LDADD = $(web2c_LDADD)
 makecpool_SOURCES = \
 	makecpool.c
@@ -973,11 +974,8 @@
 	fi
 
 $(libweb2c_a_OBJECTS): w2c/config.h
-
 $(web2c_OBJECTS): web2c-parser.h stamp-lib
-
 $(fixwrites_OBJECTS): stamp-lib
-
 $(splitup_OBJECTS): stamp-lib
 
 stamp-lib: