Re: make check nested variables

2018-11-15 Thread mlnl
Hi Thomas, Greg, Steve & Reco, sorry for the late reply, but thank you all for the hints! :) > Or skip the test by setting variable > am_cv_make_support_nested_variables to "yes" before running > configure: > > export am_cv_make_support_nested_variables=yes ./configure > > If skipping the tes

Re: make check nested variables

2018-10-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 07:29:57PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > ps -ef | fgrep make > will list any process with string "make" in its command line. > (So this search run should find at least itself.) (Sometimes. It's a classic race condition.)

Re: make check nested variables

2018-10-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, more ideas would be: Add option -d to the "make" command in ./configure. Or skip the test by setting variable am_cv_make_support_nested_variables to "yes" before running configure: export am_cv_make_support_nested_variables=yes ./configure If skipping the test does reliably help, then

Re: make check nested variables

2018-10-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 06:24:51PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > 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

Re: make check nested variables

2018-10-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
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

Re: make check nested variables

2018-10-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, mlnl wrote: > I meant Alt+Fn or logout and doing it in the console - there it works, > sorry. And i have observed in tmux and rxvt window (on KDE), sometimes > it works too on a second try, yes. So it never fails on the console but sometimes fails two times in a row on your terminal windows ?

Re: make check nested variables

2018-10-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, mlnl wrote: > when i compile something in a tmux or rxvt window, sometimes i get: > $ ./configure > [...] > checking whether make supports nested variables... > and than it hangs. Then i have to go in a terminal, where it works. What particular terminal program does work ? The last visible m