Re: rcs configure hang

[Paul Eggert]

On 11/6/20 8:20 AM, Kelly Wang (kellythw) wrote:
> Is server issue? should I change to other rhel8 server and try the same?

It does sound like some sort of server or filesystem problem, yes. The mkdir 
syscall does not finish and refuses to be interrupted. I don't see any way to 
modify Gnulib to work around the problem automatically. However, you should be 
able to sidestep the problem with something either like this:

./configure gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max=no

or like this:

./configure gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max=yes

It's not clear to me which of these workarounds would be better for your system.


Didn't we have this same conversation a year ago, with GNU tar, which uses the 
same Gnulib module? Are you building now on the same system you used a year ago?

https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-tar/2019-10/msg00001.html
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-tar/2019-10/msg00002.html
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-tar/2019-10/msg00003.html


Reviewing that earlier conversation prompts me to ask: are you building on a 
Samba filesystem? There seems to be a problem in this area that is reportedly 
fixed by upgrading to a newer version of Samba, or by fiddling with Samba 
settings (not clear). See:

https://www.cs.rug.nl/~jurjen/ApprenticesNotes/tstcg_tar.html

which is part of:

https://www.cs.rug.nl/~jurjen/ApprenticesNotes/testing_samba_to_compilation_grade.html