GNU bug report logs - #20597
GNU tar fails test suite

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Andrew Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>

Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 17:50:10 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 20597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>,
 20597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: ‘unlinkat’ bug in Linux 4.0.2 leads to tar test failure
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 07:48:26 -0700

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Yes I agree, either behavior is possible

In that case let's change the test case to not run afoul of this 
implementtion-defined behavior.  I don't think we need to change tar, as it's a 
contrived test case that users are not likely to run into.
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