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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
index 97903075e1..82baaee256 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ def clean_environment():
env.unset('CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH')
+ # Affects GNU make, can e.g. indirectly inhibit enabling parallel build
+ env.unset('MAKEFLAGS')
+ # Could make testsuites attempt to color their output
+ env.unset('TERM')
+ # Tests of GUI widget libraries might try to connect to an X server
+ env.unset('DISPLAY')
+
# Avoid that libraries of build dependencies get hijacked.
env.unset('LD_PRELOAD')
env.unset('DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES')