tests: refactor more tests to use mkfifo_or_skip_

* tests/cp/existing-perm-race: s/mkfifo/mkfifo_or_skip_/
* tests/cp/file-perm-race: Likewise.
* tests/cp/parent-perm-race: Likewise.
* tests/cp/special-f: Likewise.
* tests/dd/reblock: Likewise.
* tests/ls/file-type: Likewise.
* tests/misc/cat-buf: Likewise.
* tests/misc/mknod: Likewise.
* tests/misc/printf-surprise: Likewise.
* tests/misc/selinux: Likewise.
* tests/misc/sort-spinlock-abuse: Likewise.
* tests/misc/stdbuf: Likewise.
* tests/misc/tac-continue: Likewise.
* tests/init.cfg: Improve the error message when skipping.

14 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/tests/cp/existing-perm-race b/tests/cp/existing-perm-race
index 6afe1a2fa..a2a6493fa 100755
--- a/tests/cp/existing-perm-race
+++ b/tests/cp/existing-perm-race
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ g2=$2
 
 
 umask 077
-mkfifo fifo ||
-  skip_test_ "fifos not supported"
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 touch fifo-copy &&
 chgrp $g1 fifo &&
diff --git a/tests/cp/file-perm-race b/tests/cp/file-perm-race
index 1e84b1eb5..41f01efce 100755
--- a/tests/cp/file-perm-race
+++ b/tests/cp/file-perm-race
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ print_ver_ cp
 require_local_dir_
 
 umask 022
-mkfifo fifo ||
-  skip_test_ "fifos not supported"
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 # Copy a fifo's contents.  That way, we can examine the
 # destination permissions before they're finalized.
diff --git a/tests/cp/parent-perm-race b/tests/cp/parent-perm-race
index 4af3b69d0..366efbaa7 100755
--- a/tests/cp/parent-perm-race
+++ b/tests/cp/parent-perm-race
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ chmod g+s d 2>/dev/null # The cp test is valid either way.
 
 for attr in mode ownership
 do
-  mkfifo $attr/fifo ||
-    skip_test_ "fifos not supported"
+  mkfifo_or_skip_ $attr/fifo
 
   # Copy a fifo's contents.  That way, we can examine d/$attr's
   # state while cp is running.
diff --git a/tests/cp/special-f b/tests/cp/special-f
index fb7550077..3f63921f1 100755
--- a/tests/cp/special-f
+++ b/tests/cp/special-f
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
 print_ver_ cp
 
-mkfifo fifo ||
-  skip_test_ "fifos not supported"
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
+
 touch e || framework-failure
 
 
diff --git a/tests/dd/reblock b/tests/dd/reblock
index 01924a85a..f66a9ba7c 100755
--- a/tests/dd/reblock
+++ b/tests/dd/reblock
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ EOF
 # until the consumer (dd) opens the fifo therefore
 # increasing the chance that dd will read the data
 # from each printf separately.
-mkfifo dd.fifo || framework_failure
+mkfifo_or_skip_ dd.fifo
 
 dd_reblock_1()
 {
diff --git a/tests/init.cfg b/tests/init.cfg
index 3a59bbd6b..795f23c0d 100644
--- a/tests/init.cfg
+++ b/tests/init.cfg
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ mkfifo_or_skip_()
     # failure as a test failure.  However, in this case, when running on a SunOS
     # system using a disk NFS mounted from OpenBSD, the above fails like this:
     # mkfifo: cannot make fifo `fifo-10558': Not owner
-    skip_test_ 'NOTICE: unable to create test prerequisites'
+    skip_test_ 'unable to create a fifo'
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ls/file-type b/tests/ls/file-type
index e1643fe98..b72229045 100755
--- a/tests/ls/file-type
+++ b/tests/ls/file-type
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mknod block b 20 20 2> /dev/null && block="block
 "
 mknod char c 10 10 2> /dev/null && char="char
 "
-mkfifo fifo
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 cd ..
 
 
diff --git a/tests/misc/cat-buf b/tests/misc/cat-buf
index 29343f7e6..348b41450 100755
--- a/tests/misc/cat-buf
+++ b/tests/misc/cat-buf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ print_ver_ cat
 # consumer (dd) opens the fifo therefore increasing
 # the chance that dd will read the data from each
 # write separately.
-mkfifo fifo || framework_failure
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 
 echo 1 > exp
diff --git a/tests/misc/mknod b/tests/misc/mknod
index 053f96f33..c07b633a8 100755
--- a/tests/misc/mknod
+++ b/tests/misc/mknod
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
 print_ver_ mknod
 
+# Ensure fifos are supported
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 umask 777
 
diff --git a/tests/misc/printf-surprise b/tests/misc/printf-surprise
index df781a96d..ca0f8e4b8 100755
--- a/tests/misc/printf-surprise
+++ b/tests/misc/printf-surprise
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require_ulimit_
 # and to make an N-byte-allocating-printf require more than that, thus
 # triggering the printf(3) misbehavior -- which, btw, is required by ISO C99.
 
-mkfifo fifo || framework_failure
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 # Disable MALLOC_PERTURB_, to avoid triggering this bug
 # http://bugs.debian.org/481543#77
diff --git a/tests/misc/selinux b/tests/misc/selinux
index c0bd42e62..d1bc9caea 100755
--- a/tests/misc/selinux
+++ b/tests/misc/selinux
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ skip_if_mcstransd_is_running_
 # Create a regular file, dir, fifo.
 touch f || framework_failure
 mkdir d s1 s2 || framework_failure
-mkfifo p || framework_failure
+mkfifo_or_skip_ p
 
 
 # special context that works both with and without mcstransd
diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-spinlock-abuse b/tests/misc/sort-spinlock-abuse
index c241c277a..b5ca30ff5 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sort-spinlock-abuse
+++ b/tests/misc/sort-spinlock-abuse
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ grep '^#define HAVE_PTHREAD_T 1' "$CONFIG_HEADER" > /dev/null ||
   skip_test_ 'requires pthreads'
 
 seq 100000 > in || framework_failure_
-mkfifo fifo || framework_failure_
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 # Arrange for sort to require 5.0+ seconds of wall-clock time,
 # while actually using far less than 1 second of CPU time.
diff --git a/tests/misc/stdbuf b/tests/misc/stdbuf
index 35b571050..80ad870c2 100755
--- a/tests/misc/stdbuf
+++ b/tests/misc/stdbuf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ esac
 # consumer (dd) opens the fifo therefore increasing
 # the chance that dd will read the data from each
 # write separately.
-mkfifo fifo || framework_failure
+mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
 
 
 # Verify input parameter checking
diff --git a/tests/misc/tac-continue b/tests/misc/tac-continue
index 912d2ced5..5902805a4 100755
--- a/tests/misc/tac-continue
+++ b/tests/misc/tac-continue
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ seq 5 > in
 
 # Give tac a fifo command line argument.
 # This makes it try to create a temporary file in $TMPDIR.
-mkfifo fifo
+mkfifo_or_skip fifo
 seq 1000 > fifo &
 TMPDIR=$FULL_PARTITION_TMPDIR tac fifo in >out 2>err && fail=1