/var/cache/ccache/tmp

[Don Cohen]

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 address@hidden mailing list.