bug#52779: tests/no-home test failure in Shepherd

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Guix,
>
> I encountered the following (nondeterministic) test failure:
>
> # TOTAL: 13
> # PASS:  12
> # SKIP:  0
> # XFAIL: 0
> # FAIL:  1
> # XPASS: 0
> # ERROR: 0
>
> .. contents:: :depth: 2
>
> FAIL: tests/no-home
> ===================
>
> + shepherd --version
> shepherd (GNU Shepherd) 0.8.1
> Copyright (C) 2020 the Shepherd authors
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> + HOME=/nowhere
> + export HOME
> + test -w /nowhere
> + socket=t-socket-1651
> + pid=t-pid-1651
> + herd='herd -s t-socket-1651'
> + trap 'rm -f t-socket-1651;
>       test -f t-pid-1651 && kill `cat t-pid-1651` || true; rm -f t-pid-1651' 
> EXIT
> + shepherd_pid=1896
> + test -f t-pid-1651
> + shepherd -I -s t-socket-1651 -c /dev/null -l /dev/null --pid=t-pid-1651
> + kill -0 1896
> + sleep 0.3
> Service root has been started.
> + test -f t-pid-1651
> ++ cat t-pid-1651
> + kill -0 1896
> + herd -s t-socket-1651 status root
> Started:
>  + root
> + herd -s t-socket-1651 stop root
> ++ cat t-pid-1651
> + kill 1896
> + exit 1
> + rm -f t-socket-1651
> + test -f t-pid-1651
> ++ cat t-pid-1651
> + kill 1896
> + rm -f t-pid-1651
> FAIL tests/no-home.sh (exit status: 1)
>
>
> error: in phase 'check': uncaught exception:
> %exception #<&invoke-error program: "make" arguments: ("check" "-j" "24" 
> "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0") exit-status: 2 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> 
> phase `check' failed after 15.3 seconds
> command "make" "check" "-j" "24" "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" failed with status 2
>
> Perhaps due to high load, as I can't seem to reproduce when building
> Shepherd alone.

I encountered the problem once more; the errors are slightly different
so I'm pasting the failed test output here:

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FAIL: tests/no-home
===================

+ shepherd --version
shepherd (GNU Shepherd) 0.8.1
Copyright (C) 2020 the Shepherd authors
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+ HOME=/nowhere
+ export HOME
+ test -w /nowhere
+ socket=t-socket-1606
+ pid=t-pid-1606
+ herd='herd -s t-socket-1606'
+ trap 'rm -f t-socket-1606;
      test -f t-pid-1606 && kill `cat t-pid-1606` || true; rm -f t-pid-1606' 
EXIT
+ shepherd_pid=1868
+ test -f t-pid-1606
+ shepherd -I -s t-socket-1606 -c /dev/null -l /dev/null --pid=t-pid-1606
+ kill -0 1868
+ sleep 0.3
Service root has been started.
+ test -f t-pid-1606
++ cat t-pid-1606
+ kill -0 1868
+ herd -s t-socket-1606 status root
Started:
 + root
+ herd -s t-socket-1606 stop root
++ cat t-pid-1606
+ kill 1868
+ exit 1
+ rm -f t-socket-1606
+ test -f t-pid-1606
++ cat t-pid-1606
+ kill 1868
./tests/no-home.sh: line 2: kill: (1868) - No such process
+ true
+ rm -f t-pid-1606
FAIL tests/no-home.sh (exit status: 1)


error: in phase 'check': uncaught exception:
%exception #<&invoke-error program: "make" arguments: ("check" "-j" "24" 
"GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0") exit-status: 2 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> 
phase `check' failed after 15.6 seconds
command "make" "check" "-j" "24" "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" failed with status 2
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Thanks,

Maxim