make fails

Sam James sam@gentoo.org
Mon May 4 18:43:18 GMT 2026


chris hermansen <clhermansen@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks again for the super quick reply, very much appreciated.

You're most welcome!

>
> On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 11:06 AM Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>  chris hermansen <clhermansen@gmail.com> writes:
>
>  > Thanks Sam,
>
>  No problem!
>
>  > [...]
>  > This time make -j12 failed in a different spot:
>  >
>  > config.status: executing libtool commands
>  > make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/clh/src/Nueva/a68-gcc-gcc/gcc/build-algol68'
>  > make[1]: *** [Makefile:30991: stage1-bubble] Error 2
>  > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/clh/src/Nueva/a68-gcc-gcc/gcc/build-algol68'
>  > make: *** [Makefile:1149: all] Error 2
>
>  Could you share a few more lines? I think the real error is missing from
>  that.
>
>  (Maybe run -j1 after the -j12 failure as it won't be buried then.)
>
> The -j12 ran to error in 10 seconds, so I redid the make clean ../configure and then just a plain make, intending to send
> the output to you.
>
> However, I was able to resolve it myself - there was a message about the version of m4 having changed, and a suggestion
> to run make distclean.
>
> So I did that, then a fresh ../configure, then make -j12, and it is now happily grinding away making up a storm.
>
> Many, many thanks again for the excellent and kind help. 

Happy algol'ing ;)

cheers,
sam
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