From 895067ff495a35768e1ba39e969eff3495b8cbc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:15:11 +0200 Subject: gnu: coreutils: Skip racy 'tail' tests. This works around . * gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch: New file. * gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. * gnu/packages/base.scm (coreutils): Use it. --- gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches') diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..91640513e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Skip this test, which uncovers a race condition in how 'tail' handles +file deletion. See . + +--- a/tests/tail-2/assert.sh ++++ b/tests/tail-2/assert.sh +@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ + # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + # along with this program. If not, see . + ++exit 77 # see + + # This test fails with tail from textutils-2.0. + # It would get something like this: -- cgit v1.2.3