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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: take endless time to MAKE on RH Linux 9
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Msg-id 7192.1091768275@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to take endless time to MAKE on RH Linux 9  ("Max Chu" <maxc@ausdragon.com.au>)
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"Max Chu" <maxc@ausdragon.com.au> writes:
> I am trying to install Postgresql 7.4.3 on RedHat Linux 9.
> After I finished ./configure, I typed 'gmake', then it began to check.
> It shows 'checking for int ... yes' and a list of checking results. After a=
>  while,
> I noticed it looped back to 'checking for int ... yes' again. So this MAKE =
> is never
> going to end.

Check your system clock.  "make" gets very confused if it builds a
derived file and finds that the timestamp on the derived file
is still before the timestamp of the source file ...

            regards, tom lane

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