Hi. On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 06:24:51PM +0000, 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 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...
I'd add a simple shell redirection to that. If it's the terminal/shell issue, why not deny configure a tty and force it to write to a file? Reco
