#20136: Various meataxe build issues
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       Reporter:  jdemeyer                       |        Owner:
           Type:  defect                         |       Status:  new
       Priority:  major                          |    Milestone:  sage-7.1
      Component:  packages: optional             |   Resolution:
       Keywords:                                 |    Merged in:
        Authors:                                 |    Reviewers:
Report Upstream:  Reported upstream. No          |  Work issues:
  feedback yet.                                  |       Commit:
         Branch:                                 |     Stopgaps:
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Changes (by SimonKing):

 * upstream:  N/A => Reported upstream. No feedback yet.


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 jdemeyer]:
 > I meant changing the C sources. This could mean changing `char` to
 `signed char` or fix the places where it is assumed that `char` is signed.
 >
 > Also keep in mind that perhaps code ''linking'' to meataxe might break
 because of this (maybe not, I don't know). I don't think you can require
 such code to use `-fsigned-char`.

 Good point.

 > > > 4. the test-suite has race conditions: testing with `MAKE="make
 -j48"` fails while `MAKE="make -j1"` works.
 > >
 > > I have seen before that the test suite is flaky.
 > An easy workaround is to use `$MAKE -j1` then.

 Is there really no *proper* solution for such a race condition, assuming
 that it really is caused by delays in file i/o?

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