build/2293: infinite loop in makefile

build/2293: infinite loop in makefile

[atvirtanen]

>Number:         2293
>Category:       build
>Synopsis:       infinite loop in makefile
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 31 15:28:01 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     atvirtanen@gmail.com
>Release:        6.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
ubuntu 6.06 lts
>Description:
after configure
make seems to get into infinite loop
if gdb date is newer than computer date (dead rtc battery)
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
correct date before build
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

Re: build/2293: infinite loop in makefile

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

The following reply was made to PR build/2293; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: atvirtanen@gmail.com
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: build/2293: infinite loop in makefile
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:42:45 -0400

 On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 03:21:03PM -0000, atvirtanen@gmail.com wrote:
 > after configure
 > make seems to get into infinite loop
 > if gdb date is newer than computer date (dead rtc battery)
 
 I don't think there's anything we can do about this; that's just how
 make works.  It relies on timestamps.
 
 -- 
 Daniel Jacobowitz
 CodeSourcery