From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17381 invoked by alias); 16 Apr 2010 18:54:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 17372 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Apr 2010 18:54:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net (HELO elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net) (209.86.89.69) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:54:12 +0000 Received: from [209.86.224.34] (helo=elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1O2qg7-0006wr-Cl; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:54:11 -0400 Received: from 65.170.40.132 by webmail.earthlink.net with HTTP; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:53:46 -0400 Message-ID: <12605223.1271444026340.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:01:00 -0000 From: Alan Lehotsky Reply-To: Alan Lehotsky To: Dominique Dhumieres , gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Question about perl while bootstrapping gcc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9e0cfd4f457cc6ab94f5150ab1c16ac04e761f5d55cab8bc78470e35a1ed4ac6ac2b1c0d0cab4acf350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2010-04/txt/msg00383.txt.bz2 This is normal unix behavior (unless you have some kind of shell that I'm unfamiliar with.) When you use & to create a subjob, it is still attached to your terminal session. Take a look at the at(1) or batch(1) commands if you really want to execute a command and logout while it's still running. -----Original Message----- >From: Dominique Dhumieres >Sent: Apr 16, 2010 2:10 PM >To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org >Subject: Question about perl while bootstrapping gcc > >Hi! > >I use to build gcc with a command line such as > >make -j2 >& somelogfile & > >I recently found that if I logout, the build fails with > >perl: no user 501 > >Is this a bug or a feature? In the former case I'll open a PR. >In the later is it documented somewhere that you should not logout >while building gcc? If yes, is it possible to have a pointer? > >TIA > >Dominique