This is related to the configure script for building clisp. > > This is in linux, building from current source. > > I earlier did the configure successfully as root but now cannot do it > > as a non-root user. > > > > The output of configure ends with > > checking whether the C compiler works... no > > configure: error: in `/home/don/hg/clisp/build-dir': > > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > > See `config.log' for more details. > > which turns out to mean in the configure directory. > > Here's the relevant output from that file. > > configure:3945: checking for C compiler version > > configure:3954: gcc -m64 --version >&5 > > ccache: failed to create /var/cache/ccache/tmp (Permission denied) > > configure:3965: $? = 1 > > configure:3954: gcc -m64 -v >&5 > > ccache: failed to create /var/cache/ccache/tmp (Permission denied) > > configure:3965: $? = 1 > > > > What is trying to create /var/cache/ccache/tmp and why? > > It seems that the "root" of the problem is that the earlier configure > > as root created that same tmp directory belonging to root. Also the > > ccache directory belongs to root (with group ccache) and was not > > marked writable (or executable) by other. > > > > There's something wrong with using a directory like this that is > > shared. Is this something in clisp or is the fault elsewhere? > > I am pretty sure this is a generic "root/non-root" issue which has > nothing to do with clisp. > please talk to autoconf@xxxxxxx mailing list. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
