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Re: Solaris 8: runaway processes in check
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: Solaris 8: runaway processes in check |
Date: |
Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:34:23 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.11 |
Hi Paul.
* Paul Eggert wrote on Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 01:29:12AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Another way to provoke the runaway is to
> > env TESTS='../../../coreutils-5.96/tests/misc/sort' make -e check
> >
> > but it doesn't happen with GNU make.
>
> I can reproduce the problem even with GNU make (3.80).
Hmm. Me too, now, so I wonder what led me to above, obviously wrong
statement. Maybe this: with GNU make, you never get into the situation
that `make check' expands a test into $(srcdir)/test, since its VPATH
handling is sane.
* Paul Eggert wrote on Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 03:50:40AM CEST:
> By analogy with other test scripts I found that the following patch
> fixes the problem for me, but I don't know why (nor do I know why
> $ENV{PROG} lines are in some test scripts but not all) so I haven't
> installed this.
>
> 2006-06-01 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
>
> * tests/misc/sort: Set $ENV{PROG} to 'sort', to fix a problem
> with runaway processes on Solaris 8 reported by Ralf Wildenues in:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-05/msg00178.html
This patch makes it work for me, too. (Sorry, I haven't had a chance to
look into the perl at all; I'm using the native 5.005_03, too.)
With this patch, `make -e check' finishes with Solaris make. (List of
failures still to be posted.)`
Cheers,
Ralf