Re: Bug#569020: coreutils: failure of install-C test on GNU/kFreeBSD

[Pádraig Brady]

On 11/02/10 02:14, Michael Stone wrote:
> FAIL: tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2 (exit: 1)
> ==========================================
>
> tail: `f' has become inaccessible: No such file or directory
> ./tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2: line 34: kill: (13733) - No such process
> ./tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2: line 40: kill: (13733) - No such process
>
>
> As far as I read the test, there will always be a race where f could be
> temporarily unavailable between the mv and the touch.
> I forget what it's supposed to be testing for, but to close that race, I
> think
>
> touch g
> mv g f
>
> would be better, no?

That's what we're explicitly trying to trigger.
`tail` should not exit in this case as -F is specified (--retry)

cheers,
Pádraig.