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| -rw-r--r-- | src/test/regress/pg_regress.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c index c8b45c93f20..502299a52e2 100644 --- a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c +++ b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c @@ -792,6 +792,19 @@ initialize_environment(void) } /* + * GNU make stores some flags in the MAKEFLAGS environment variable to + * pass arguments to its own children. If we are invoked by make, + * that causes the make invoked by us to think its part of the make + * task invoking us, and so it tries to communicate with the toplevel + * make. Which fails. + * + * Unset the variable to protect against such problems. We also reset + * MAKELEVEL to be certain the child doesn't notice the make above us. + */ + unsetenv("MAKEFLAGS"); + unsetenv("MAKELEVEL"); + + /* * Adjust path variables to point into the temp-install tree */ tmp = malloc(strlen(temp_install) + 32 + strlen(bindir)); |