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Re: race issue on configure
On 1/10/2017 9:02 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 10/01/2017 14:55, cyg Simple wrote:
>> On 1/10/2017 5:24 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am noticing race problems during configure tests, on
>>> both 32 and 64 bit builds.
>>> The effect is a random failing test as conftest.exe can not be access
>>> by the linker.
>>>
>>
>> This is caused by your AV scanning the recently created conftest.exe and
>> the fact that since the AV has it open it cannot be deleted and a new
>> one created. Instruct your AV to ignore your work directlry.
>
>
> It is instructed to do so by long time within the limit of
> corporate settings...
>
Maybe new policy enforcement by corporate. The only time I've seen this
issue is related to AV having the conftest.exe file open.
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