Re: autoconf "make check" is reeeeeeeeeeeeally slow on Solaris 8

[Paul Eggert]

Noah Misch <address@hidden> writes:

> That is strange; Ralf reported a recent, successful test on Solaris 8 in
> <address@hidden>.  Does the test case hang even without
> CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh (I would not expect any difference)?

Yes, it was still slow.  Maybe Ralf is more patient than I am....

>> I discovered that the problem is at least partly due to the fact that
>> "/bin/sh -n" is very slow on this host.  I.e., "/bin/sh -n testsuite"
>> takes more than 3 hours.
>
> Is it actually slow, versus hanging on some construct?

I think so.  Hard to say for sure, though (we're talking about the
Halting Problem here :-).

> How long does it take to check smaller shell scripts, such as
> `configure' and `config.guess'?

These take just a few minutes.