I am installing GNU Guile and I have ran ./configure ... as well as make. I am now running make check and it is taking a really really long time. If I use Ctrl+C to abort this make check, will it mess anything up and mess up the install, or is this safe to do since this is just for testing purposes?
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It should be fine; it might leave the tests and test components in an indeterminate state, but the actual application shouldn't be affected.
That's not a hard and fast rule and I'm not familiar with guile but it would be pretty weird if the build depended on completing make check, or if the check could potentially damage something.
However, if by "taking a really really long time" you mean it appears to have stalled at some point, that may not be a good sign. Letting the check complete is probably a good idea, even if it takes an hour or so.
