* tests/help-version (sync_args): Don't call sync, since it spins up

disks that I've deliberately caused to spin down (but not unmounted).

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b371a5f0..436bec2b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-09-24  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* tests/help-version (sync_args): Don't call sync, since it spins up
+	disks that I've deliberately caused to spin down (but not unmounted).
+
 	* NEWS: Mention the improvement to sort.
 
 	* tests/tail-2/proc-ksyms: Require that /proc/ksyms be readable
diff --git a/tests/help-version b/tests/help-version
index a16ec0176..f7b21956f 100755
--- a/tests/help-version
+++ b/tests/help-version
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ printf_args=foo
 seq_args=10
 sleep_args=0
 su_args=--version
+
+# I'd rather not run sync, since it spins up disks that I've
+# deliberately caused to spin down (but not unmounted).
+sync_args=--version
+
 test_args=foo
 
 # This is necessary in the unusual event that there is