When run under QEmu emulation emulated /proc files have unstable inode
numbers.
---
tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh b/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
index 0f7c9e697..806fe285b 100755
--- a/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
+++ b/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ proc_large=/proc/cpuinfo # usually > 4KiB
test -r $proc_large || skip_ "your system lacks $proc_large"
# Before coreutils-7.3, cp would copy less than 4KiB of this file.
-cp $proc_large 1 || fail=1
+# Skip this test when run under QEmu emulation where emulated /proc files
+# have unstable inode numbers.
+cp $proc_large 1 2>err \
+ || { fail=1
+ grep 'replaced while being copied' err \
+ && skip_ "File $proc_large is being replaced while being copied"; }
+
cat $proc_large > 2 || fail=1
# adjust varying parts