Re: Intermittent parallel test failures

[Bob Proulx]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Does that file get removed if the check is successful?  It doesn't
> > seem to exist after a normal build.
> 
> Erm, it should.  Could it be you're looking at Automake not Autoconf's
> bot?

Uhm...  Probably.  :-)

> >   make -k check || cat tests/testsuite.log
> > 
> > Assuming that tests/testsuite.log exists when the make check fails
> > then it should appear in the output now.
> 
> This won't work for Automake.  But it doesn't matter.  I'll ask you for
> a change to Automake's testing soon anyway.

Sure.  Let me know what you would like and I will be happy to make
changes.

> To give a bit more detail: I modified the parallel test so that the race
> that happens between parallel and serial execution is rather unlikely
> won even on a very loaded system.  OTOH we've also been seeing dropped
> output in the parallel case, and that's probably what happens on your
> system, too.

Here is to hoping that it will produce useful output on this failure
soon.

Bob