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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-09-28 08:21:33 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-09-28 08:21:33 +0000
commita71e238667dc34d1894c3870b176e2cd42376213 (patch)
tree608b772ac62f858b36b150719f713f8bf3a34d04
parentf1f4e1ada3c827d419d2388265b9303f8965a656 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a71e238667dc34d1894c3870b176e2cd42376213.tar.xz
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@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ the ls `time-1' test to fail. I believe that is due to a bug in the
way Sun implemented link(2) and chmod(2).
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+FreeBSD 5.0 `make test' infinite loop with /bin/sh
+-----------------------
+
+When building and running `make test' on a FreeBSD 5.0 system,
+expect the tests/install/trap test to get stuck in an infinite
+loop. That appears to be due to a bug in /bin/sh.
+When you change the first line of tests/install/trap to be
+e.g., #!/usr/local/bin/bash, the test completes normally.
+
+
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HPUX 11.x build failure
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@@ -114,6 +125,11 @@ would run this command:
env VERBOSE=yes make check -C tests/mv TESTS=hard-link-1 >> log 2>&1
+For some tests, you can get even more detail by including
+DEBUG=yes in the environment:
+
+ env DEBUG=yes VERBOSE=yes make check -C tests/mv TESTS=hard-link-1 >> log 2>&1
+
and then include the contents of the file `log' in your bug report.
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