GNU bug report logs - #8788
Weird testsuite failure on NetBSD (parallel tests, background processes)

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Merged with 10447

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 8788-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: 8788-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8788: Weird testsuite failure on NetBSD (parallel tests,
	background processes)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:48:48 +0200

On Tuesday 18 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > Reference:
> >  <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8788>
> >
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > Now, the right fix for the bug is *not* to work around this behaviour
> > of the Korn shell; rather, we should fix the suspicious logic of the
> > `parallel-tests3.test' script, which was also causing a testsuite hang
> > on FreeBSD.  Patch coming up shortly.
> > 
> And here is the promised patch (see attachement).  I will allow a couple of
> days for reviews before pushing.
> 
Pushed now.  I'm thus also closing bug#8788.

Regards,
  Stefano
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