"no local solc found" unreliably

[nmushegian]

~/maker-core/.dapple/packages/ds-token# dapple test
Testing...
No local solc found. Failing over to JS compiler...

# which solc
/usr/bin/solc

????

[nmushegian]

It sometimes works which is even stranger

[nmushegian]

possibly related #339

[nanexcool]

Still having this issue...

Ubuntu 16.10

$ which solc
/usr/bin/solc
$ dapple --version
0.8.47

I even changed my .dapple/config to {"networks":{},"state":{"solc_path":"/usr/bin/solc" but still getting this problem :(

EDIT: after a couple restarts, it started working. Weird!