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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-10-08 17:11:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-10-08 17:11:10 +0200 |
| commit | fc4c062ffaf28f5aba63b287f3e44f90dfc8d0cb (patch) | |
| tree | 81230ff611f2247f4f29eb2e5c6f126f08cd0ddb | |
| parent | 43a987e1797d25a507f99603b59f6cf3cdb0a03f (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-fc4c062ffaf28f5aba63b287f3e44f90dfc8d0cb.tar.xz | |
tests: avoid false-positive failures on linux/sparc64
* tests/init.cfg (require_strace_): Detect a version of strace
that fails on linux/sparc64 for 64-bit executables. Report and
most of the suggested fix from Bruno Haible:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.general/1726/focus=1728
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/init.cfg | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/init.cfg b/tests/init.cfg index 04abe4faf..915f38a8d 100644 --- a/tests/init.cfg +++ b/tests/init.cfg @@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ require_strace_() strace -qe "$1" echo > /dev/null 2>&1 || skip_ 'strace -qe "'"$1"'" does not work' + + # On some linux/sparc64 systems, strace works fine on 32-bit executables, + # but prints only one line of output for every 64-bit executable. + strace -o log-help ls --help >/dev/null || framework_failure_ + n_lines_help=$(wc -l < log-help) + rm -f log-help + if test $n_lines_help = 0 || test $n_lines_help = 1; then + skip_ 'strace produces no more than one line of output' + fi } require_setfacl_() |