Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This fixes a race in the tail-2/assert test: the file foo may be removed > before the tail process had the chance to open it. > > Andreas. > > 2004-03-22 Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * tests/tail-2/assert: Avoid race between tail and rm. > > --- tests/tail-2/assert > +++ tests/tail-2/assert > @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ > tail_pid=$! > # Arrange for the tail process to die after 12 seconds. > (sleep 12; kill $tail_pid) & > +# Wait for tail to start > +sleep 1 > rm -f foo > echo sleeping for 7 seconds... > sleep 7
Thank you for the patch. What was the symptom of the failure? Can you reproduce the problem easily? Even if I delay the start of the tail command by two seconds, it doesn't make the test fail. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
