Re: regtests for previous stables failing

[James Lowe]

Hello

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:43:07 +0200, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > 2017-10-27 13:19 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> >
> >> Maybe make check and/or test-baseline doesn't like a separate build
> >> directory?  That's the only thing I can think of right now.
> >
> > Ok, will try later, have to leave soon.
> > Though, I never experienced the problem with more up to date
> > branches/master in a build-directory.
> 
> Wait, patchy worked with a separate build.
> 
> In that case, I can only think of our Makefiles not being compatible
> with current make (there are also problems with current g++ but you
> should not even have gotten as far had you encountered those).

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James