Every now and then the tail-2/assert and tail-2/assert-2 tests fail. Here is an example for a failure of the first one:
+ tail --version tail (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim Meyering. + tmp=tail-assert.20801 ++ pwd + pwd=/usr/src/packages/BUILD/coreutils-5.97/tests/tail-2 + trap 'cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD/coreutils-5.97/tests/tail-2; rm -rf tail-assert.20801' 0 1 2 3 15 + test_failure=0 + mkdir tail-assert.20801 + cd tail-assert.20801 + test 0 = 1 + ok='ok ok ok' + touch a foo + tail --follow=name a foo + tail_pid=20806 + echo sleeping for 7 seconds... + sleep 12 sleeping for 7 seconds... + sleep 1 + rm -f foo + sleep 6 + echo ok ok ok + mv f foo + wait + kill 20806 + case "`cat err`" in ++ cat err + fail=1 + test 1 = 1 + cat err ==> a <== ==> foo <== tail: foo: No such file or directory + exit 1 + cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD/coreutils-5.97/tests/tail-2 + rm -rf tail-assert.20801 FAIL: assert The assert-2 failure looks similar, but I don't have a full log any more. It looks like the tests have serious race conditions. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
