----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dalgaard BSA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Rd] infinite loop in make for src/unix (PR#2477)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Full_Name: John Van Voorhis > > Version: 1.6.2 > > OS: SunOS 5.8 > > Submission from: (NULL) (128.8.130.192) > > > > > > While running initial 'make' everything went fine until src/unix. At which point > > > > it kept entering and exiting src/unix without doing anything. I fixed the problem > > by deleting the dependencies on Makefile for the Makedeps and R targets. > > > > I am using gnu Make 3.79, gcc 2.95.3, Solaris SunOS5.8 on an UltraSparc. > > > > I double checked that I had found the problem by rerunning make with the > > distributed makefile restored, but the looping behavior did not recur. > > > > When I ran make check, everything semed to be OK. > > Hmm, I don't see that with Solaris 9 and the same tools. I've seen the > looping behaviour a couple of times earlier, typically triggered by > make actions of the type > > for ( i in $SUBDIRS ) ; do cd $i ; make ; done > > if one of the cd commands fails silently you end up calling make in the > current directory... > > Could you please see if you can reproduce the effect in a clean > directory? Notice that to avoid running Sun's make, you need > > export MAKE=gmake > gmake > > Also, the shell might play a part so tell us what yours is. And > whether you are building in the source tree or in a separate build > directory. > gmake has the same looping behavior. When I just run make in the problem direcrtory, no weird behavior. And then the top level make runs properly again with unix built independently. I think Paul's explanation is probably right: >I've had this kind of problem (but I don't remember if it was with R) when my >workstation and file server's clocks were not syncronized closely enough. I >think make builds a makefile in src, which is immediately out of date because of >the clock skew, but I'm not sure why the workstation clock enters the >calculation. I am building on a different machine from the filesystem. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
