Hi Pádraig,
Below is from a Mac-Mini (Intel), x86_84, OS X 10.12. The attachment
used 'make -k'. Obviously, it did not move on to 'make check'.
$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.12.6
BuildVersion: 16G2136
$ make -k V=1 2>&1 | tee coreutils-make.log
...
gcc -g -O2 -o src/comm src/comm.o src/libver.a lib/libcoreutils.a
-L/usr/local/lib -li
ntl -liconv -ldl -lpthread -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation
lib/libcoreutils.a
depbase=`echo src/cp.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\
gcc -I. -I./lib -Ilib -I./lib -Isrc -I./src
-I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -MT sr
c/cp.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o src/cp.o src/cp.c &&\
mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
depbase=`echo src/copy.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||'`;\
gcc -I. -I./lib -Ilib -I./lib -Isrc -I./src
-I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -MT sr
c/copy.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o src/copy.o src/copy.c &&\
mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
src/copy.c:1192:53: error: use of undeclared identifier 'CLONE_NOOWNERCOPY'
int clone_flags = x->preserve_ownership ? 0 : CLONE_NOOWNERCOPY;
^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [src/copy.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2