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Re: make check nested variables

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mlnl wrote:
>Hi,
>
>when i compile something in a tmux or rxvt window, sometimes i get:
>
>$ ./configure
>checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
>checking for gawk... gawk
>checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>checking whether make supports nested variables...
>
>and than it hangs. Then i have to go in a terminal, where it works. My
>question: Why does the check hangs and how can i avoid it?

That's really weird. Are there any particular configure scripts that
show this? What shell are you using?

In terms of debugging it, I'd try using "bash -x ./configure" and see
what that says. Maybe "strace -f -o logfile ./configure" to see what
it's doing. Both will produce a lot of output...

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out
 whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast."
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make check nested variables mlnl <mlnl@mailbox.org> - 2018-10-26 21:50 +0200
  Re: make check nested variables "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-10-27 09:10 +0200
    make check nested variables mlnl <mlnl@mailbox.org> - 2018-10-27 19:00 +0200
      Re: make check nested variables "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-10-27 19:40 +0200
        Re: make check nested variables Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-29 14:00 +0100
  Re: make check nested variables Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2018-10-27 20:30 +0200
    Re: make check nested variables Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-27 20:50 +0200
      Re: make check nested variables "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-10-27 21:20 +0200
        Re: make check nested variables mlnl <mlnl@mailbox.org> - 2018-11-15 11:40 +0100

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