Re: [bug-gettext] gettxt 0.18.3.1 `configure` hangs @ "checking for working sleep... " ?

[jen142]

man page says, address@hidden, not address@hidden

So, just in case ...

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013, at 09:52 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm building gettext-0.18.3.1 on 
> 
>       uname -a
>               Linux jenl.devtest.loc 3.7.10-1.16-desktop #1 SMP
>               PREEMPT Fri May 31 20:21:23 UTC 2013 (97c14ba) x86_64
>               x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
>       gcc -v
>               Using built-in specs.
>               COLLECT_GCC=gcc
>               
> COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.8/lto-wrapper
>               Target: x86_64-suse-linux
>               Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr
>               --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man
>               --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/lib64
>               --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada
>               --enable-checking=release
>               --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --enable-ssp
>               --disable-libssp --disable-plugin
>               --with-bugurl=http://bugs.opensuse.org/
>               --with-pkgversion='SUSE Linux' --disable-libgcj
>               --disable-libmudflap --with-slibdir=/lib64
>               --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
>               --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --disable-libstdcxx-pch
>               --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
>               --enable-linker-build-id --enable-linux-futex
>               --program-suffix=-4.8 --without-system-libunwind
>               --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic
>               --build=x86_64-suse-linux --host=x86_64-suse-linux
>               Thread model: posix
>               gcc version 4.8.2 20131016 [gcc-4_8-branch revision
>               203692] (SUSE Linux) 
> 
> My usual config+build now hangs @ "checking for working sleep..."
> 
> wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.18.3.1.tar.gz
> tar zxvf gettext-0.18.3.1.tar.gz
> cd gettext-0.18.3.1
> 
> ./configure \
>   --prefix=/usr/local \
>   --enable-threads \
>   --enable-shared --disable-static \
>   --disable-nls \
>   --enable-rpath \
>   --enable-c++ \
>   --disable-relocatable \
>   --enable-libasprintf \
>   --enable-acl \
>   --enable-openmp \
>   --with-gnu-ld
> 
>       ...
>       checking for getpagesize... (cached) yes
>       checking whether getpagesize is declared... (cached) yes
>       checking whether INT32_MAX < INTMAX_MAX... yes
>       checking whether INT64_MAX == LONG_MAX... yes
>       checking whether UINT32_MAX < UINTMAX_MAX... yes
>       checking whether UINT64_MAX == ULONG_MAX... yes
>       checking whether lseek detects pipes... yes
>       checking for a traditional french locale... (cached) fr_FR
>       checking for a french Unicode locale... (cached) fr_FR.UTF-8
>       checking for a traditional japanese locale... (cached) ja_JP
>       checking for a transitional chinese locale... (cached)
>       zh_CN.GB18030
>       checking for a french Unicode locale... (cached) fr_FR.UTF-8
>       checking for a traditional french locale... (cached) fr_FR
>       checking for a french Unicode locale... (cached) fr_FR.UTF-8
>       checking for a traditional japanese locale... (cached) ja_JP
>       checking for a transitional chinese locale... (cached)
>       zh_CN.GB18030
>       checking for a french Unicode locale... (cached) fr_FR.UTF-8
>       checking for a transitional chinese locale... (cached)
>       zh_CN.GB18030
>       checking for mmap... (cached) yes
>       checking for MAP_ANONYMOUS... yes
>       checking for putenv compatible with GNU and SVID... yes
>       checking for mmap... (cached) yes
>       checking for MAP_ANONYMOUS... yes
>       checking for mmap... (cached) yes
>       checking for MAP_ANONYMOUS... yes
>       checking for a traditional french locale... (cached) fr_FR
>       checking for a french Unicode locale... (cached) fr_FR.UTF-8
>       checking for a traditional japanese locale... (cached) ja_JP
>       checking for a transitional chinese locale... (cached)
>       zh_CN.GB18030
>       checking whether sleep is declared... (cached) yes
>       checking for working sleep... 
> 
> and just sits there, interminably.  Ctrl-C breaks out without issue.
> 
> checking
> 
>       sleep --version
>               sleep (GNU coreutils) 8.17
>               Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>               License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
>               <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
>               This is free software: you are free to change and
>               redistribute it.
>               There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
>               Written by Jim Meyering and Paul Eggert.
> 
> and
> 
>       time sleep 1
>               real    0m1.004s
>               user    0m0.002s
>               sys     0m0.002s
> 
> my `sleep` appears in order.
> 
> Not sure what to check for / fix, here.
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> JenL
>