[Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.15.90] testsuite: 35 failed

[Bruno Haible]

Building tar-1.15.90 failed like this. Apparently because I have the
environment variable TAPE set to /dev/fd0, the floppy disk device,
containing no diskette.

System:
$ uname -a
Linux linuix 2.4.21-99-default #1 Wed Sep 24 13:30:51 UTC 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
$ gcc -v
Lecture des spécification à partir de 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.1/specs
Konfiguriert mit: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr 
--with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info 
--mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib 
--enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada --disable-checking --enable-libgcj 
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-slibdir=/lib --with-system-zlib 
--enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit i586-suse-linux
Modèle de thread: posix
gcc-Version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)
$ echo $LANG
de_DE.UTF-8
$ echo $LANGUAGE 
de:fr:en
$ echo $TAPE
/dev/fd0

Extracts from testsuite.log:

## ------------------------ ##
## Summary of the failures. ##
## ------------------------ ##
Failed tests:
GNU tar 1.15.90 test suite test groups:

 NUM: FILENAME:LINE      TEST-GROUP-NAME
      KEYWORDS

  35: shortrec.at:25     short records
      shortrec.at

## ---------------------- ##
## Detailed failed tests. ##
## ---------------------- ##

35. shortrec.at:25: testing ...
shortrec.at:37:
mkdir v7
(cd v7
TEST_TAR_FORMAT=v7
export TEST_TAR_FORMAT
TAR_OPTIONS="-H v7"
export TAR_OPTIONS
rm -rf *

mkdir directory
(cd directory && touch a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r)
tar -c -b 1 directory | tar -t >/dev/null
tar -c -b 1 -f archive directory
tar -t -f archive >/dev/null
tar -t <archive >/dev/null

rm -r directory
)
--- /dev/null   2003-09-23 19:59:22.000000000 +0200
+++ /cross/binutils-2.16.1/tar-1.15.90/tests/testsuite.dir/at-stderr    
2006-03-03 03:10:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+tar: /dev/fd0: Cannot open: No such device or address
+tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
+tar: /dev/fd0: Cannot open: No such device or address
+tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
+tar: /dev/fd0: Cannot open: No such device or address
+tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
35. shortrec.at:25: 35. short records (shortrec.at:25): FAILED (shortrec.at:37)