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cp -i/yes gets ignored

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Message #34 received at 17087 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 17087 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: Re: bug#17087: cp -i/yes gets ignored
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:13:31 +0100

On 03/26/2014 03:20 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 03/26/2014 01:26 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> FAIL: tests/mv/i-3
>> ==================
> 
> That's an interesting one. I guess our CI didn't flag this
> as the test is skipped without a controlling tty:
> http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/coreutils-master
> 
> Also the test is skipped with a parallel make check!
> I.E. this first command detects the fail, while the second skips the test:
>   $ make -j2 check TESTS="tests/mv/i-3.sh"
>   $ make -j2 check TESTS="tests/mv/i-2.sh tests/mv/i-3.sh"
> 
> So to handle both cases I'm updating the "release tasks" list to:
>   setsid make check $(($(nproc) * 2)) # tests without controlling tty
>   make check -j1 # tests with controlling tty

Thanks.
What about a ---presume-input-tty option for mv(1) like rm(1) has?

> Hopefully the attached fixes up these issues.

Yes, thanks!

Have a nice day,
Berny

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