Re: new snapshot [Re: coreutils 6.9.92 fail to configure on *bsd

[Jim Meyering]

Elias Pipping <address@hidden> wrote:
> Indeed -- all of the above work now. I grew a little more adventurous
> and did a `make -j3 check`. tty-eof appears to be moody:
>
>   % env VERBOSE=yes make -j3 check -C tests/misc TESTS=tty-eof
>   [ works fives times in a row ]
>   % env VERBOSE=yes make -j3 check -C tests/misc TESTS=tty-eof
>   make  check-TESTS
>   FAIL: tty-eof.log
>
>   ===========================================
>    1 of 1 tests failed
>    See tests/misc/test-suite.log
>    Please report it to address@hidden
>   ===========================================
>
>   =============================================================
>      GNU coreutils 6.9.92.8-27d16: tests/misc/test-suite.log
>   =============================================================
>
>   1 of 1 tests failed.
>
>   .. contents:: :depth: 2
>
>
>   FAIL: tty-eof.log (exit: 1)
>   ===========================
>
...
>   F: 1: ^D
>   F: 1: ^D
>   tty-eof: tac didn't exit after ^D from standard input
>   F: 1: ^D
...
>   make[2]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1
>   make[1]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 2
>   make: *** [check-am] Error 2

Thanks for reporting that.
Unfortunately, it's hard to reproduce and debug at the same time.
And it rarely complains about the same program twice in a row,
so I'm confident it's not a problem with the programs themselves.

That test works often enough that I'm not yet tempted to remove it.