# New Ticket Created by Fergal Daly # Please include the string: [perl #38307] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=38307 > I decided to change some config params (run Configure -D prefix=... -d) and recompile. I cancelled the recompile very soon into it and typed make clean but that sent it into more compilation. So it looks like the clean target depends on something that causes compilation. Transcript of make clean output below, F fergal@lap ~/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1> make clean cd pod; make clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/pod' rm -f perl5004delta.man perl5005delta.man perl561delta.man perl56delta.man perl570delta.man perl571delta.man perl572delta.man perl573delta.man perl581delta.man perl582delta.man perl583delta.man perl584delta.man perl585delta.man perl586delta.man perl587delta.man perl588delta.man perl58delta.man perlaix.man perlamiga.man perlapio.man perlapi.man perlapollo.man perlartistic.man perlbeos.man perlbook.man perlboot.man perlbot.man perlbs2000.man perlcall.man perlce.man perlcheat.man perlclib.man perlcn.man perlcompile.man perlcygwin.man perldata.man perldbmfilter.man perldebguts.man perldebtut.man perldebug.man perldelta.man perldgux.man perldiag.man perldoc.man perldos.man perldsc.man perlebcdic.man perlembed.man perlepoc.man perlfaq1.man perlfaq2.man perlfaq3.man perlfaq4.man perlfaq5.man perlfaq6.man perlfaq7.man perlfaq8.man perlfaq9.man perlfaq.man perlfilter.man perlfork.man perlform.man perlfreebsd.man perlfunc.man perlglossary.man perlgpl.man perlguts.man perlhack.man perlhist.man perlhpux.man perlhurd.man perlintern.man perlintro.man perliol.man perlipc.man perlirix.man perljp.man perlko.man perllexwarn.man perllinux.man perllocale.man perllol.man perlmachten.man perlmacos.man perlmacosx.man perlmint.man perlmodinstall.man perlmodlib.man perlmod.man perlmodstyle.man perlmpeix.man perlnetware.man perlnewmod.man perlnumber.man perlobj.man perlopenbsd.man perlopentut.man perlop.man perlos2.man perlos390.man perlos400.man perlothrtut.man perlpacktut.man perlplan9.man perl.man perlpod.man perlpodspec.man perlport.man perlqnx.man perlref.man perlreftut.man perlre.man perlrequick.man perlreref.man perlretut.man perlrun.man perlsec.man perlsolaris.man perlstyle.man perlsub.man perlsyn.man perlthrtut.man perltie.man perltoc.man perltodo.man perltooc.man perltoot.man perltrap.man perltru64.man perltw.man perlunicode.man perluniintro.man perlutil.man perluts.man perlvar.man perlvmesa.man perlvms.man perlvos.man perlwin32.man perlxs.man perlxstut.man rm -f perl5004delta.html perl5005delta.html perl561delta.html perl56delta.html perl570delta.html perl571delta.html perl572delta.html perl573delta.html perl581delta.html perl582delta.html perl583delta.html perl584delta.html perl585delta.html perl586delta.html perl587delta.html perl588delta.html perl58delta.html perlaix.html perlamiga.html perlapio.html perlapi.html perlapollo.html perlartistic.html perlbeos.html perlbook.html perlboot.html perlbot.html perlbs2000.html perlcall.html perlce.html perlcheat.html perlclib.html perlcn.html perlcompile.html perlcygwin.html perldata.html perldbmfilter.html perldebguts.html perldebtut.html perldebug.html perldelta.html perldgux.html perldiag.html perldoc.html perldos.html perldsc.html perlebcdic.html perlembed.html perlepoc.html perlfaq1.html perlfaq2.html perlfaq3.html perlfaq4.html perlfaq5.html perlfaq6.html perlfaq7.html perlfaq8.html perlfaq9.html perlfaq.html perlfilter.html perlfork.html perlform.html perlfreebsd.html perlfunc.html perlglossary.html perlgpl.html perlguts.html perlhack.html perlhist.html perlhpux.html perlhurd.html perlintern.html perlintro.html perliol.html perlipc.html perlirix.html perljp.html perlko.html perllexwarn.html perllinux.html perllocale.html perllol.html perlmachten.html perlmacos.html perlmacosx.html perlmint.html perlmodinstall.html perlmodlib.html perlmod.html perlmodstyle.html perlmpeix.html perlnetware.html perlnewmod.html perlnumber.html perlobj.html perlopenbsd.html perlopentut.html perlop.html perlos2.html perlos390.html perlos400.html perlothrtut.html perlpacktut.html perlplan9.html perl.html perlpod.html perlpodspec.html perlport.html perlqnx.html perlref.html perlreftut.html perlre.html perlrequick.html perlreref.html perlretut.html perlrun.html perlsec.html perlsolaris.html perlstyle.html perlsub.html perlsyn.html perlthrtut.html perltie.html perltodo.html perltooc.html perltoot.html perltrap.html perltru64.html perltw.html perlunicode.html perluniintro.html perlutil.html perluts.html perlvar.html perlvmesa.html perlvms.html perlvos.html perlwin32.html perlxs.html perlxstut.html rm -f perl5004delta.tex perl5005delta.tex perl561delta.tex perl56delta.tex perl570delta.tex perl571delta.tex perl572delta.tex perl573delta.tex perl581delta.tex perl582delta.tex perl583delta.tex perl584delta.tex perl585delta.tex perl586delta.tex perl587delta.tex perl588delta.tex perl58delta.tex perlaix.tex perlamiga.tex perlapio.tex perlapi.tex perlapollo.tex perlartistic.tex perlbeos.tex perlbook.tex perlboot.tex perlbot.tex perlbs2000.tex perlcall.tex perlce.tex perlcheat.tex perlclib.tex perlcn.tex perlcompile.tex perlcygwin.tex perldata.tex perldbmfilter.tex perldebguts.tex perldebtut.tex perldebug.tex perldelta.tex perldgux.tex perldiag.tex perldoc.tex perldos.tex perldsc.tex perlebcdic.tex perlembed.tex perlepoc.tex perlfaq1.tex perlfaq2.tex perlfaq3.tex perlfaq4.tex perlfaq5.tex perlfaq6.tex perlfaq7.tex perlfaq8.tex perlfaq9.tex perlfaq.tex perlfilter.tex perlfork.tex perlform.tex perlfreebsd.tex perlfunc.tex perlglossary.tex perlgpl.tex perlguts.tex perlhack.tex perlhist.tex perlhpux.tex perlhurd.tex perlintern.tex perlintro.tex perliol.tex perlipc.tex perlirix.tex perljp.tex perlko.tex perllexwarn.tex perllinux.tex perllocale.tex perllol.tex perlmachten.tex perlmacos.tex perlmacosx.tex perlmint.tex perlmodinstall.tex perlmodlib.tex perlmod.tex perlmodstyle.tex perlmpeix.tex perlnetware.tex perlnewmod.tex perlnumber.tex perlobj.tex perlopenbsd.tex perlopentut.tex perlop.tex perlos2.tex perlos390.tex perlos400.tex perlothrtut.tex perlpacktut.tex perlplan9.tex perl.tex perlpod.tex perlpodspec.tex perlport.tex perlqnx.tex perlref.tex perlreftut.tex perlre.tex perlrequick.tex perlreref.tex perlretut.tex perlrun.tex perlsec.tex perlsolaris.tex perlstyle.tex perlsub.tex perlsyn.tex perlthrtut.tex perltie.tex perltoc.tex perltodo.tex perltooc.tex perltoot.tex perltrap.tex perltru64.tex perltw.tex perlunicode.tex perluniintro.tex perlutil.tex perluts.tex perlvar.tex perlvmesa.tex perlvms.tex perlvos.tex perlwin32.tex perlxs.tex perlxstut.tex rm -f pod2html-*cache rm -f *.aux *.log *.exe make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/pod' cd utils; make clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/utils' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `clean'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/utils' cd x2p; make clean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/x2p' rm -f a2p psed *.o find2perl.exe s2p.exe find2perl.c s2p.c a2p.loadmap make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/x2p' Making DynaLoader (clean) make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1/ext/DynaLoader' Warning: ../../lib/Config.pm may be out of date with ../../config.sh cd ../.. && make lib/Config.pm make[2]: Entering directory `/home/fergal/src/perl-5.8.8-RC1' `sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" gv.o` gv.c CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -Wall `sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" toke.o` toke.c CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -Wall `sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" perly.o` perly.c CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -Wall `sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" op.o` op.c CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -Wall `sh cflags "optimize='-O2'" pad.o` pad.c CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -O2 -Wall make[2]: *** Deleting file `pad.o' make[2]: *** [pad.o] Interrupt make[1]: *** [../../lib/Config.pm] Interrupt make: *** [_tidy] InterruptThread Next