#1416: Testsuite doesn't always work on MSYS with Cygwin Python
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Reporter: simonpj | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: Unknown | Os: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: Unknown
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'''Problem 1'''. Using the Cygwin Python. `testsuite/mk/test.mk` makes
the GHC into `ghc-inplace.bat`. But `testlib.py` (the `runCmd` procedure)
invokes `timeout`, which always calls a Bourne shell, so `ghc-inplace.bat`
doesn't work.
The timeout program must use a Bourne shell, because `testlib.py` often
passes it a complex command in Bourne shell syntax.
Current workaound: in `testsuite\mk\test.mk` disable the windows-specific
setting of the GHC paths.
'''IDEA''': it's a mess having a `ghc-inplace` shell script ''and'' a
`ghc-inplace.bat` script. Instead we should have one executable, which we
can invoke from anywhere.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1416>
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