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Re: make check (8.1) hangs forever
From: |
Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
Re: make check (8.1) hangs forever |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:14:35 +0000 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> I just noticed the test was skipped in this report also:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-12/msg00031.html
>>
>> So the approach I've taken is to mark this test as experimental for now.
>> I.E. it won't be run unless we explicitly enable it.
>> It's a nice test which hopefully we can use in future,
>> but it's just too problematic at the moment.
>
> Thanks!
> I don't object, but this would mean that I'd want to run with
> RUN_EXPERIMENTAL_TESTS set in my environment to ensure that this test
> doesn't bit rot -- or tail regress. It does pass for me on most of
> the systems on which I test regularly.
Yes I had it as a "very expensive" test first.
I'll change it back to that and push.
cheers,
Pádraig.