Re: [PATCH] Minor testsuite size reduction.

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 03:58:16PM CEST:
> * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <serial testing>: Ensure
> at_jobs is 1.

> @@ -1440,6 +1458,7 @@ dnl         kill -13 $$
>    wait
>  else
>    # Run serially, avoid forks and other potential surprises.
> +  at_jobs=1
>    for at_group in $at_groups; do
>      at_fn_group_prepare
>      if cd "$at_group_dir" &&

Rereading this again, it wasn't right, though, or, put another way, I
think it causes potentially worse behavior in an unusual setting (not
verified):

Say you run './testsuite -jN' on a system without mkfifo, then at_quiet
gets set to : but above change later sets at_jobs to 1, causing
$at_desc_line to never be printed.

Sorry about leading you down there,
Ralf