On 8/21/26 12:07, Pádraig Brady wrote:
On 21/08/2026 07:29, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 8/20/26 17:25, Pádraig Brady wrote:
* tests/dd/fail-ftruncate-fstat.sh: Replace LD_PRELOAD by strace
to support static executables.
Doesn't this decrease coverage considerably on systems or platforms
where strace does not work/exist?
A fair point, though gcc + LD_PRELOAD limits portability also,
essentially restricting to Linux.
Also this test is more a dev focused test than a system focused one.
I.e. focused on the behavior of the source, rather than
some sytem behavioral test.
alright, fair enough.
Also strace is installed by default on OpenSuse,
and through the c-development group or developer-workstation-environment on
Fedora,
or directly by folks trying to minimize skips.
I wasn't thinking about any GNU/Linux based system, but rather other
OSes we as GNU are supporting.
We could support both methods in the test of course,
though I thought it was overkill in this case.
indeed, that would be too much for a white-box test.
Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny
