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authorLudovic Courtès <[email protected]>2015-09-26 15:14:53 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <[email protected]>2015-09-26 15:14:53 +0200
commite1556533d3e57950417b2e35a68e95c65fee5042 (patch)
tree41d67b065c7828e164af83254fb447849d9e880d /gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch
parent5d8d8f3b0a07edb3bd435830b076749f906537d8 (diff)
parent92f1cefb74f6092c0c70f93140824ab806086272 (diff)
Merge branch 'core-updates'
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+Skip this test, which uncovers a race condition in how 'tail' handles
+file deletion. See <http://bugs.gnu.org/21460>.
+
+--- a/tests/tail-2/assert.sh
++++ b/tests/tail-2/assert.sh
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
++exit 77 # see <http://bugs.gnu.org/21460>
+
+ # This test fails with tail from textutils-2.0.
+ # It would get something like this: