bug#28054: coreutils 8.27 test failure on x86_64-foxkit-linux-musl

[A. Wilcox]

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On 13/08/17 11:22, Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 1:07 AM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>> On 11/08/17 11:49, A. Wilcox wrote:
>> 
>>> FAIL: tests/misc/csplit-io-err ==============================
>> This was due to an inconsistency in the errors output by seq. A
>> fix for that buglet is attached.
>> 
>>> FAIL: tests/misc/printf-surprise 
>>> ================================
>> Depending on exit 141 couples the script to the value of SIGPIPE 
>> and to the shell implementation (ksh will return 269 here for
>> e.g.). So I've attached a solution that should hopefully work in
>> all situations.
>> 
>>> FAIL: tests/misc/sort-debug-warn 
>>> ================================
>> This was due to an assumption that for "missing" locales that
>> sort would fail to C rather than C.UTF8. I've adjusted sort to
>> not assume that in the attached.
> 
> Nice work. All three patches looks fine.  You might want to insert
> "in https://bugs.gnu.org/28054"; at the end of each log message.
> 
> Considering the use of "yes | :", even though there's an identical 
> prior use in tests/misc/seq-epipe.sh, I wondered if there exists a 
> shell/system where that would infloop. Maybe paranoid overkill,
> but inserting a timeout would avoid the possibility.
> 

I can confirm that seq and printf-surprise are fixed by these patches.
 The sort-debug-warn test still fails, because "failed to set locale"
is not printed on musl (missing locales are redirected to C.UTF8).

Also, the seq-epipe patch fixes the grep but not the comment directly
above it.

Thank you for your efforts and the fixes.

Best,
- --arw

- -- 
A. Wilcox (awilfox)
Project Lead, Adélie Linux
http://adelielinux.org
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