Re: gawk 5.1.1 testsuite failures

[Andreas Schwab]

On Nov 07 2021, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:

>> >> ============== _iolint =============
>> >> --- iolint.ok     2021-05-25 03:27:24.000000000 +0000
>> >> +++ _iolint       2021-11-06 19:10:29.040219457 +0000
>> >> +gawk: iolint.awk:60: fatal: print to "echo hello" failed: Broken pipe
>> >
>> > Harumph.  I think this may be a shell issue. What is /bin/sh
>> > on OpenSUSE?
>>
>> It is a race condition, thus a broken test.
>
> I am not so sure. BUT, I will double check with a debugger.

It comes and goes, which is a clear indication of a race condition.

> Looking at opensuse.org I see "Tumbleweed" and I see "Leap".
> Which one should I install if I want to reproduce on a local VM?

Easiest if you use osc (https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:OSC) to do a
local build of
<https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:Andreas_Schwab:Factory/gawk>.
The error happens while building on Factory aka Tumbleweed.

Andreas.

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