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2017-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesPádraig Brady
Run "make update-copyright" and then... * gnulib: Update to latest with copyright year adjusted. * tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year. * bootstrap: Likewise. * tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
2016-12-28tests: avoid false fails on NFS due to EPERMPádraig Brady
* tests/chgrp/basic.sh: On some NFS setups a user is not allowed to set a group on a file even if a member of that group. Therefore skip this test on remote file systems. * tests/chgrp/default-no-deref.sh: Likewise. * tests/chgrp/no-x.sh: Likewise. * tests/chgrp/posix-H.sh: Likewise. * tests/chgrp/recurse.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: Change to skipping on remote file systems in the standard way.
2016-11-29tests: fix ERRORs and false FAILs on some platformsPádraig Brady
* tests/misc/ls-time.sh: Skip the test rather than ERROR when `touch -m -d ...` fails (Hurd). * tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh: Avoid false FAILs by ignoring the variances in sterror output. * tests/rm/rm-readdir-fail.sh: Likewise. Also avoid ERRORs on systems that don't define _D_EXACT_NAMELEN.
2016-11-27tail: fix uninitialized memory read when failing to read filePádraig Brady
Reproduced under UBSAN with `tail -f <&-` giving: tail.c:2220:18: runtime error: load of value 190, which is not a valid value for type ‘_Bool' * src/tail.c (tail_file): Ensure f->ignore is initialized in all cases where we can't tail the specified file. * tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh: Add a test case which checks stderr has no UBSAN warnings. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/25041
2016-11-22tests: fix recent tail-2 test regressionsPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/pipe-f.sh: Avoid issue with readable directories on BSD systems. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Likewise. Reported by Assaf Gordon
2016-11-13tests: use "returns_" rather than explicit comparison with "$?"Jim Meyering
The previous "returns_"-using change failed to convert many uses of "$?". Convert all but two of the remaining ones. * tests/ls/stat-vs-dirent.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/head-write-error.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/nice.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/nohup.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/stdbuf.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/sync.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pid.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Likewise. Thanks to Bernhard Volker for spotting this.
2016-11-13tests: use "returns_" rather than explicit comparison with "$?"Jim Meyering
* tests/chmod/no-x.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/no-deref-link1.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/no-deref-link2.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/no-deref-link3.sh: Likewise. * tests/du/move-dir-while-traversing.sh: Likewise. * tests/ls/infloop.sh: Likewise. * tests/ls/stat-failed.sh: Likewise. * tests/ls/time-style-diag.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/env-null.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/env.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/nice-fail.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/printenv.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/timeout.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/follow-name.sh: Likewise.
2016-11-10tail: only retry file open if --retry specifedPádraig Brady
* src/tail.c (tail_file): On failure to open a file, set ignore=true when --retry is not specified. * tests/tail-2/assert-2.sh: Adjust to the new behavior. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case. Also change from `tail ... && fail=1` to the more robust `returns_ 1 ...` construct which detects segfaults etc. * NEWS: Document the fix.
2016-11-09tail: ensure -f --retry 'missing' handles truncationPádraig Brady
* src/tail.c (tail_forever): The BLOCKING optimization is only enabled for non regular files (which can't be truncated), so ensure we don't enable that unless we've a valid file descriptor. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2016-11-08tail: terminate when following pipes and untailable non pipesPádraig Brady
* src/tail.c (ignore_pipe_or_fifo): Mark the descriptor as -1 for pipes so that any_live_files() detects correctly that the entry is no longer live. * tests/tail-2/pipe-f.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24903 which was detected using Symbolic Execution techniques developed in the course of the SYMBIOSYS research project at COMSYS, RWTH Aachen University.
2016-11-07maint: misc tweaks to recent changesPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi(cut invocation): Give a more accurate description of cut field handling limitations. * tests/misc/stat-fmt.sh: Fix the test header to be more general. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Spellings.
2016-09-28tail: -F now always processes initially untailable filesPádraig Brady
which was not the case when inotify was not available. * src/tail.c (any_live_files): Simplify, since the IGNORE flag is now only set when a file should be ignored indefinitely. (recheck): Only output the "giving up on name" message when that's actually the case. Only set the IGNORE flag when ignoring a file indefinitely. (tail_file): Likewise. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case. Also run all existing test cases with and without inotify. NEWS: Mention the fix. THANKS.in: Add the reporter. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24495 which was detected using Symbolic Execution techniques developed in the course of the SYMBIOSYS research project at COMSYS, RWTH Aachen University.
2016-01-19tests: avoid false failure in tail inotify testPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Restrict inotify specific test portion to local file systems and also not with ---disable-inotify specified. Failure noticed on NFS.
2016-01-18tests: adjust delays to avoid false positivesPádraig Brady
* tests/rm/dangling-symlink.sh: The effective delay was only 1.5s. So delay before the operation, and increase the iteration count by 1 to increase the delay to 6.3s. This failure was noticed once on a FreeBSD 10.2 x86_64 virtual machine. * tests/dd/stats.sh: Remove quotes on sleep argument to ensure arguments are accumulated appropriately. * tests/du/move-dir-while-traversing.sh: sleep before operation, to increase the effective delay from 1.6s to 3.2s. * tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pipe-f2.sh: Sleep first so that the effective delay matches the commented value.
2016-01-10tests: fix races wrt output files of background processesBernhard Voelker
At least the false positive in tail-2/follow-stdin.sh could be seen on a 4-core i5 system with -j8. Fix similar cases. too. * tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh: Empty the 'out' file in each iteration. Otherwise, under heavy system load, 'check_tail_output' would see the expected output from the previous round before tail would have the chance to come up in the background. While at it, move the creation of the 'exp' file out of the loop. * tests/dd/stats.sh: Empty the output file of the background process here, too. * tests/misc/cat-buf.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/stdbuf.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Likewise.
2016-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesPádraig Brady
Run "make update-copyright" and then... * gnulib: Update to latest with copyright year adjusted. * tests/init.sh: Sync with gnulib to pick up copyright year. * bootstrap: Likewise. * tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year.
2015-11-10tests: ensure programs are built before testingPádraig Brady
programs may not be built due to missing system dependencies, or any program can be excluded at configure time with --enable-no-install-program. So ensure we're not testing the system versions in these cases. * init.cfg (print_ver_): Call require_built_ first. * tests/misc/tty-eof.pl: Skip programs not built. * tests/Coreutils.pm (run_tests): Likewise. * tests/misc/ls-misc.pl: Use 'env test' rather than abs path. * tests/misc/test-diag.pl: Likewise. * tests/local.mk: Adjust include order for dependencies. * tests/misc/arch.sh: Remove redundant calls to require_built_. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/groups-dash.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/groups-version.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/stdbuf.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/acl.sh: Remove problematic call to print_ver_ [gs]etfacl. * tests/mv/acl.sh: Likewise. * cfg.mk (sc_env_test_dependencies): A new syntax check to enforce specifying dependencies with print_ver_ for programs specified through the env command. * du/bigtime.sh: Add new print_ver_ dependencies. * du/max-depth.sh: Likewise. * dd/ascii.sh: Likewise. * tests/ls/capability.sh: Likewise. * tests/ls/root-rel-symlink-color.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/readlink-fp-loop.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/sort-debug-keys.sh: Likewise. * tests/readlink/can-e.sh: Likewise. * tests/readlink/can-f.sh: Likewise. * tests/readlink/can-m.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race2.sh: Likewise. * tests/touch/no-create-missing.sh: Likewise. * tests/touch/no-dereference.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/printenv.sh: Tweak to avoid syntax check trigger. * tests/misc/help-version.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/yes.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/printf-quote.sh: Use previously unused $prog. * configure.ac (EXTRA_MANS): Add $gl_no_install_prog to the list so that check-x-vs-1 syntax check is satisfied.
2015-10-15tests: avoid false failure in a tail test under loadPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh: Use the standard tail testing framework to avoid the race seen under very high load, and also test the non inotify case. Reported by Jim Meyering
2015-06-09tail: display consistent diagnostics upon file replacementPádraig Brady
* src/tail.c (recheck): Display diagnostices for replaced files even with reused inodes which is a common case. * tests/tail-2/F-vs-missing.sh: Use correct diagnostic in comment. * tests/tail-2/F-vs-rename.sh: Likewise.
2015-06-09tail: display file headers correctly with inotifyPádraig Brady
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Use the fspec pointer to distinguish previously output files, rather than a descriptor from the inotify event. That event descriptor was that of the parent directory when files were created or renamed etc. (check_fspec): Adjust for the new comparison. Also show the header when the file is truncated, since we show data in this case also. * tests/tail-2/F-headers.sh: A new test case. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
2015-06-01tests: fix race in tail test without inotifyPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Without inotify, skip a portion of the test that checks that -F never outputs from a tailed descriptor after the followed name is recreated, because tail_forever() doesn't guarantee that. Noticed at http://hydra.nixos.org/build/22766288
2015-05-19tests: fix non POSIX constructs causing failures with dashPádraig Brady
* tests/cp/no-ctx.sh: Scope of `var=val func` is inconsistent across shells, so avoid that construct with functions. * tests/df/no-mtab-status.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: `read` needs an argument. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race2.sh: Likewise.
2015-05-17build: avoid issues with case insensitive file systemsPádraig Brady
* cfg.mk (sc_case_insensitive_file_names): A new syntax-check rule. * tests/tail-2/descriptor-vs-rename.sh: Rename from tests/tail-2/f-vs-rename.sh * tests/local.mk: Reference the renamed test. Reported by Jim Meyering.
2015-05-14tests: fix check for local file system in inotify-rotate-resources.shBernhard Voelker
* tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: s/(is_local_dir)/\1_/
2015-05-14tests: fix async allocation race on BTRFSPádraig Brady
* tests/dd/sparse.sh: Sync files before checking allocations, which may be done asynchronously on NFS and BTRFS at least. Also mark this test as very expensive on remote file systems. * tests/du/2g.sh: Likewise, also use fallocate if available to efficiently allocate the large file, otherwise skip on remote file systems. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: Use the more standard is_local_dir_() to check remoteness. * tests/cp/fiemap-empty.sh: Comment on the sync issue for this currerntly unused test. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/20570
2015-05-11tail: consistently output all data for truncated filesPádraig Brady
Generally if logs are truncated, they're truncated to 0 length, so output all existing data when our heuristic determines truncation. Note with inotify, truncate() and write() are often determined independently and so all data would be written if that was the case. * src/tail.c (check_fspec): Reset file offset to 0 upon truncation. (tail_forever): Likewise. (recheck): Add a FIXME for the related issue where tail may lose data due to tail discounting older log files too early. * tests/tail-2/truncate.sh: A new test. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2015-05-11tail: fix inotify startup racesPádraig Brady
The previous fixes to races in the various tail tests, identified actual races in the tail inotify implementation. With --follow=descriptor, if the tailed file was replaced before the inotify watch was added, then any subsequent changes were ignored. Similarly in --follow=name mode, all changes to a new name were effectively ignored if that name was created after the original open() but before the inotify_add_watch(). * src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Fix 3 cases. 1. With -f, don't stop tailing when file removed before watch. 2. With -f, watch right file when file replaced before watch. 3. With -F, inspect correct file when replaced before watch. Existing tests identify these when tail compiled with TAIL_TEST_SLEEP. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: This test also identifies the issue with --follow=name when TAIL_TEST_SLEEP is used. Adjust so the test is immune to such races, and also fail quicker on remote file systems. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race2.sh: A new test using GDB, based on inotify-race.sh, which tests the -F race without needed recompilation with sleeps. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the bug.
2015-05-11tests: cleanup background processes upon interruptionPádraig Brady
Reap background processes so that: - Stray processes aren't left on the system - Files aren't held open causing deletion issues on NFS - Partitions used to run the tests from can be unmounted * tests/tail-2/F-vs-missing.sh: Add the `kill && wait` of the background $pid(s) to cleanup_(). * tests/tail-2/F-vs-rename.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/f-vs-rename.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/append-only.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/assert-2.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/assert.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pid.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pipe-f2.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/tail-n0f.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/existing-perm-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/file-perm-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/parent-perm-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/sparse-to-pipe.sh: Likewise. * tests/dd/stats.sh: Likewise. * tests/du/move-dir-while-traversing.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/cat-buf.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/help-version.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/printf-surprise.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/sort-compress-proc.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/sort-spinlock-abuse.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/stdbuf.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/tac-continue.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/timeout-group.sh: Likewise. * tests/mv/i-3.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/dangling-symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/isatty.sh: Likewise. * cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_test_background_without_cleanup_): A new syntax-check to ensure cleanup_() is defined when background tasks are created in a test.
2015-05-11tests: avoid hung processes due to gdb SIGCONT handlingPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: Add a `wait` to ensure that we reap all background gdb and tail processes. That resulted in the test hanging intermittently and upon investigation was due to gdb intermittently failing to terminate the child process due to receiving a SIGCONT signal. Therefore we avoid using timeout(1) which sends that signal, and instead rely on tail's inbuilt --pid monitoring on a background sleep process. Given this new implementation, the VERY_EXPENSIVE guard was removed. Related issues with this test hanging were previously discussed at: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-12/msg00025.html
2015-05-11tests: fix races in and standardize the tail testsPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/F-vs-missing.sh: Use standard "fastpoll" options (-s.1 --max-unchanged-stats=1) to speedup the non-inotify case. Add the non-inotify case to the test. `wait` on the background tail process to terminate which should avoid the need for the non standard `retry_delay_ cleanup ...` on NFS. * tests/tail-2/F-vs-rename.sh: Remove 'out' at the start of the loop, to avoid a race in checking its contents. Also ensure 'a' & 'b' files are present before the tail process starts. Use the standard "fastpoll" options as above. * tests/tail-2/f-vs-rename.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/append-only.sh: Use more standard variable names. * tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh: Use "fastpoll" options for non-inotify platforms. Also `wait` on the background tail to avoid stray processes and file cleanup issues on NFS. * tests/tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse.sh: Always run non-inotify case. Use "fastpoll" options. Use a more standard retry_delay_ instead of a hardcoded sleep loop. Add a `wait` on the background tail. * tests/tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse2.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: Wait just on the specific tail $pid needed. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Use "fastpoll" options. * tests/tail-2/pid.sh: Use standard variable names. Add a `wait` on the background tails. * tests/tail-2/pipe-f2.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/tail-n0f.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Use "fastpoll" options. * tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Likewise. Speedup by using sub second parameters to timeout(1). Improve the part ensuring that -F never follows a renamed file. * tests/tail-2/infloop-1.sh: Remove invalid test. tail(1) was not being passed the --pid=$yes_pid option, retry_delay_ wasn't used to avoid races, and yes could write huge files before being killed. * tests/local.mk: Remove the invalid test reference. * tests/tail-2/assert-2.sh: Rewrite using retry_delay_(). Since no longer hardcoding large delays, remove the VERY_EXPENSIVE tag. * tests/tail-2/assert.sh: Likewise.
2015-03-31tail: fix -f to follow changes after a renameStephane Chazelas
* src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Only monitor write()s and truncate()s to files in --follow=descriptor mode, thus avoiding the bug where we removed the watch on renamed files. Also adjust the inotify event processing code that is now significant only in --follow=name mode. * tests/tail-2/F-vs-rename.sh: Improve this existing test by running in both polling and inotify modes. * tests/tail-2/f-vs-rename.sh: A new test based on the existing one. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the bug. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/19760
2015-02-06tail: return inotify resources where possiblePádraig Brady
Each user has a maximum number of inotify watches, so handle the cases where we exhaust these resources. * src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): Ensure we inotify_rm_watch() the watch for an inode, when replacing with a new watch for a name. Return all used inotify resources when reverting to polling. Revert to polling upon first indication of inotify resource exhaustion. Revert to polling on any inotify resource exhaustion. Diagnose resource exhaustion correctly in all cases. Avoid redundant reinsertion in the hash for unchanged watches (where only attributes of the file are changed). * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Avoid false failure when reverting to polling. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate-resources.sh: New test to check that we're calling inotify_rm_watch() for replaced files. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. * THANKS.in: Thanks for reporting and problem identification.
2015-02-06tests: fix recent regression in tail inotify testPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh (cleanup_fail_): Set fail=1 so that failures are identified. Regression in v8.23-63-g111a2b9 Also use print_ver_ rather than open coding --verbose support. Also check for more than a single 'b' which seems brittle.
2015-01-31doc,maint: fix use of "i.e." in documentation and commentsBernhard Voelker
To align with all other places (and correct grammar), change all upper-case "I.E." to "I.e.". Furthermore, ensure that "i.e." is followed by a comma. Finally, ensure to use a double-space before "I.e.," at the beginning of a sentence. The following was used to change all offending uses (apart from old ChangeLog files): $ git grep -liF 'i.e.' \ | xargs sed -i \ -e 's/I\.E\./I.e./g' \ -e 's/\. \(I\.e\.\)/. \1/g' \ -e 's/\([Ii]\.e\.\)\( \)/\1,\2/g' \ -e 's/\([Ii]\.e\.\)$/\1,/g' * cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_uppercase_id_est): Add new rule. (sc_ensure_double_space_after_dot_before_id_est): Likewise. (sc_ensure_comma_after_id_est): Likewise. (old_NEWS_hash): Refresh hash via "make update-NEWS-hash". * NEWS: Change use of "id est" abbreviation via the above command. * README: Likewise. * README-prereq: Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi: Likewise. * gl/lib/rand-isaac.c: Likewise. * gl/lib/tempname.c.diff: Likewise. * man/stdbuf.x: Likewise. * src/cat.c: Likewise. * src/copy.c: Likewise. * src/copy.h: Likewise. * src/cp.c: Likewise. * src/cut.c: Likewise. * src/dd.c: Likewise. * src/df.c: Likewise. * src/fiemap.h: Likewise. * src/longlong.h: Likewise. * src/ls.c: Likewise. * src/numfmt.c: Likewise. * src/pr.c: Likewise. * src/shred.c: Likewise. * src/shuf.c: Likewise. * src/split.c: Likewise. * tests/Coreutils.pm: Likewise. * tests/df/df-symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/df/skip-rootfs.sh: Likewise. * tests/init.sh: Likewise. * tests/ls/color-norm.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/basename.pl: Likewise. * tests/misc/ls-misc.pl: Likewise. * tests/misc/md5sum-bsd.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/shred-exact.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/sort.pl: Likewise. * tests/misc/stdbuf.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/tac-continue.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/r-root.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Likewise.
2015-01-14tests: use compare-vs-/dev/null instead of 'test -s'Bernhard Voelker
When some program produces unexpected output, that use of compare-vs-/dev/null will ensure that the surprising output is printed in the test's output. With "test -s err" only, one would have to instrument and rerun in order to see the offending output. * cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_and_fail_1): Exempt 'compare' from this check. * tests/dd/misc.sh: Change "tests -s ... || fail=1" to "compare /dev/null ... && fail=1". * tests/misc/nice.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/read-only.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/touch/no-dereference.sh: Likewise. Suggested by Jim Meyering in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-01/msg00042.html
2015-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesPádraig Brady
Run "make update-copyright" and then... * tests/sample-test: Adjust to use the single most recent year. * tests/du/bind-mount-dir-cycle-v2.sh: Fix case in copyright message, so that year is updated automatically in future.
2014-12-30tests: fix possible 8 minute running time of inotify-rotate.shPádraig Brady
Commit v8.23-63-g111a2b9 removed the expensive tag on this test, as it runs quickly on systems with inotify. However without that it would take about 8 minutes for the test to complete all iterations. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Tag as expensive without inotify. Also adjust the polling parameters used on systems without inotify so that the test completes within about 15 seconds.
2014-10-30maint: tests: fix comments about retry_delay_Pádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/F-vs-missing.sh: Comment with the correct total delay. * tests/tail-2/F-vs-rename.shi: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/flush-initial.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-hash-abuse.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/pipe-f2.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Initialize can_chroot_root in all cases.
2014-10-30tests: make inotify-rotate more robust and efficientPádraig Brady
* tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Use retry_delay_ to employ an exponential backoff with a total delay of up to 25.5s. The 15s delay was seen to trigger a false failure in http://hydra.nixos.org/build/16546517 Also remove the .1s sleep in each of the 50 iterations to reduce the running time of the test and thus the expensive_ tag on this test was removed. Also ensure that we use the standard exit procedure upon failure to avoid any erroneous diagnostics due to persistent files on NFS.
2014-10-08maint: avoid syntax-check failures in previous patchPádraig Brady
* tests/misc/od-j.sh: Non standard comparison order. * tests/split/b-chunk.sh: Confusing input file name. * tests/tail-2/tail-c.sh: Redundant require ulimit.
2014-10-07wc: don't miscount /sys and similar file systemsPaul Eggert
Fix similar problems in head, od, split, tac, and tail. Reported by George Shuklin in: http://bugs.gnu.org/18621 * NEWS: Document this. * src/head.c (elseek): Move up. (elide_tail_bytes_pipe, elide_tail_lines_pipe): New arg CURRENT_POS. All uses changed. (elide_tail_bytes_file, elide_tail_lines_file): New arg ST and remove arg SIZE. All uses changed. * src/head.c (elide_tail_bytes_file): * src/od.c (skip): Avoid optimization for /sys files, where st_size is bogus and st_size == st_blksize. Don't report error at EOF when not optimizing. * src/head.c, src/od.c, src/tail.c: Include "stat-size.h". * src/split.c (input_file_size): New function. (bytes_split, lines_chunk_split, bytes_chunk_extract): New arg INITIAL_READ. All uses changed. Use it to double-check st_size. * src/tac.c (tac_seekable): New arg FILE_POS. All uses changed. (copy_to_temp): Return size of temp file. All uses changed. * src/tac.c (tac_seekable): * src/tail.c (tail_bytes): * src/wc.c (wc): Don't trust st_size; double-check by reading. * src/wc.c (wc): New arg CURRENT_POS. All uses changed. * tests/local.mk (all_tests): Add tests/misc/wc-proc.sh, tests/misc/od-j.sh, tests/tail-2/tail-c.sh. * tests/misc/head-c.sh: * tests/misc/tac-2-nonseekable.sh: * tests/split/b-chunk.sh: Add tests for problems with /proc and /sys files. * tests/misc/od-j.sh, tests/misc/wc-proc.sh, tests/tail-2/tail-c.sh: New files.
2014-08-01tests: fix typo in tail-2/inotify-racePaul Eggert
Reported by Andreas Schwab in: http://bugs.gnu.org/18057 * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh (break_src): Use abs_top_srcdir, not abs_top_builddir.
2014-05-07tests: improve diagnostics when asserting empty filesPádraig Brady
* tests/chmod/c-option.sh: Use `compare /dev/null ... || fail=1` rather than `test -s ... && fail=1`, so that the file contents are output, thus improving diagnostics for failing tests. * tests/cp/acl.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/cp-a-selinux.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh: Likewise. * tests/cp/reflink-perm.sh: Likewise. * tests/dd/misc.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/env-null.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/env.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/nice.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/nohup.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/printenv.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/xattr.sh: Likewise. * tests/mv/update.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/deep-2.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/read-only.sh: Likewise. * tests/split/r-chunk.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/follow-stdin.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Likewise. * tests/touch/no-dereference.sh: Likewise. * cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_test_empty:): New syntax-check. * tests/cp/proc-zero-len.sh: Adjust to avoid false syntax-check failure. * tests/cp/proc-zero-len.sh: Likewise. * tests/mv/part-symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/infloop-1.sh: Likewise.
2014-03-05tests: avoid the :> construct which can hide errorsPádraig Brady
On most shells `:>file || framework_failure_` will not evaluate the framework_failure_ even if there was an error writing the file. shells which do evaluate the failure are ksh 93u+ and bash 4.2, while shells wich don't include bash 4.3, solaris, freebsd, dash. Furthermore this construct is problematic on Solaris 10 sh, which will try to optimize away a `:' command in a loop after the first iteration, even if it is redirected. * tests/cp/link-deref.sh: Remove the leading colon on redirections. * tests/cp/reflink-perm.sh: Likewise. * tests/id/zero.sh: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/env.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/md5sum-bsd.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/runcon-no-reorder.sh: Likewise. * tests/mv/partition-perm.sh: Likewise. * tests/rm/r-root.sh: Likewise. * tests/split/l-chunk.sh: Likewise. * tests/split/line-bytes.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/inotify-rotate.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/wait.sh: Likewise. * tests/touch/read-only.sh: Likewise. + cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_colon_redirection): A new syntax check to avoid further instances of this creeping in.
2014-01-02maint: update all copyright year number rangesBernhard Voelker
Run "make update-copyright", but then also run this, perl -pi -e 's/2\d\d\d-//' tests/sample-test to make that one script use the single most recent year number.
2013-12-09tests: fix false failure due to gdb inline function handlingPádraig Brady
Inline functions are awkward to breakpoint as mentioned at: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10738 The normal case here was for the breakpoint on the inline function to fail, resulting in a 10s delay before skipping the test. However on GCC 4.7.2 on ppc64 at least it was seen that the test failed erroneously due to the breakpoint being successfully set on an "out of line" function, but an inline function was actually being called. * tests/tail-2/inotify-race.sh: Switch to a line based breakpoint, rather than a symbol base one, which avoids issues with breakpoints on inline functions. Also skip_ on the initial breakpoint check in case the breakpoint is not traversed which would be the case on remote file systems for example.
2013-12-09tail: use consistent diagnostics with and without inotifyPádraig Brady
* src/tail.c: With inotify, when a file is initially absent, we fstat(-1) for that file spec, thus recording an errnum of EBADF, which caused the "has become accessible" diagnostic to be issued, when the file first appears. Instead we avoid the fstat(-1) and thus emit the more natural and consistent "has appeared" diagnostic. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Use the new diagnostic which also causes this test to pass on systems without inotify.
2013-11-27tail: improve inotify handling of symlinksPádraig Brady
Previous behavior failed to read contents of a (re)appearing file, when symlinked by tail's watched file. Also we now diagnose other edge cases when running in inotify mode, where an initially missing or regular file changes to a symlink. * src/tail.c (main): If any arg is a symlink, use polling mode. (recheck): Diagnose the edge case where a symlink appears during inotify processing. * tests/tail-2/symlink.sh: Test the fix. Mention the edge cases. * tests/local.mk: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix. Reported by: Ondrej Oprala
2013-07-22maint: make some shell and perl scripts executable in 'tests/'Bernhard Voelker
Some newer test scripts - partially ones from me - are not executable. It does not seem to be a problem, but for consistency and to avoid future problems on unusual platforms or shells change the permissions by adding the executable bit. * cfg.mk (sc_tests_executable): Add new syntax-check rule to ensure that all test scripts are executable. * tests/df/df-output.sh: Change file mode from 644 to 755. * tests/du/threshold.sh: Likewise. * tests/factor/run.sh: Likewise. * tests/init.sh: Likewise. * tests/misc/csplit-suppress-matched.pl: Likewise. * tests/misc/numfmt.pl: Likewise. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Likewise.
2013-06-03tests: avoid a race in tail --retry testingPádraig Brady
Prompted by the continuous integration build failure at: http://hydra.nixos.org/build/5221053 * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Ensure the 'out' file is truncated, as it's used to arbitrate the run order of commands. Relying on the truncation in the background tail command is racy because the truncation can occur after the fork of the background shell and thus wait4lines would not wait for output to occur in 'out', which would mean that the 'missing' file could be populated by the time tail(1) gets to process it.