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When `test-driver` script + `check` testing framework are writing to same logfile = corrupted output

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From: howaboutsynergy <at> protonmail.com
To: "bug-automake <at> gnu.org" <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>
Subject: When `test-driver` script + `check` testing framework are writing to
 same logfile = corrupted output
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 08:07:36 +0000

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Hi. This isn't a bug, but just to inform you that `test-driver` redirecting stdout(and stderr) to the log file, coupled with  the test itself also writing to the same log file(for whatever reason), will result in them both using the same outfile (with different descriptors) thus corrupted output is the result.

For an example of what happens, see this comment: https://github.com/libcheck/check/issues/188#issuecomment-492794060 which I'll reproduce below for easy reading.

For exact reproduction steps with using `check` (the unit test framework for C) see the previous comment aka https://github.com/libcheck/check/issues/188#issuecomment-492782675

#include <stdio.h>
  

int main() {
  FILE *f=NULL;
  f = fopen("/tmp/a_out_.log", "w");
  if (NULL == f) {
    fprintf(stderr,"oopsie\n");
  } else {
    fprintf(stdout, "Something");
    fprintf(f," messy ");
    fprintf(f," jessy\n");
    fprintf(stdout, " or another\n");
    fprintf(f,"More stuff\n");
    fclose(f);                                                                                                                  

  }
}

$ gcc a.c && { ./a.out >/tmp/a_out_.log ; cat /tmp/a_out_.log ; }
Something or another
uff

That's basically what happens.

I'm on Arch Linux, and have the following versions:

local/autoconf 2.69-5 (base-devel)
    A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code
local/autoconf2.13 2.13-5
    A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code (Legacy 2.1x version)
local/automake 1.16.1-1 (base-devel)
    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles

$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.16.1

$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69

$ make --version
GNU Make 4.2.1
Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

  # test-driver - basic testsuite driver script.
  

  scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC

Thanks.

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