From fcdf32c1594cd0f9f525f39fb5340130877ba14d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:38:23 +0100
Subject: Fix test failure where rm would appear to succeed incorrectly.

* tests/rm/fail-eperm: Ignore files that were opportunistically chosen
to test permission failures but disappear before we can finish the test.
---
 tests/rm/fail-eperm | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tests/rm')

diff --git a/tests/rm/fail-eperm b/tests/rm/fail-eperm
index 5fa54b097..e9e2108ec 100755
--- a/tests/rm/fail-eperm
+++ b/tests/rm/fail-eperm
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ foreach my $dir (@dir_list)
 
 	    close RM;
 	    my $rc = $?;
+	    # This test opportunistically looks for files that can't
+	    # be removed but those files may already have been removed
+	    # by their owners by the time we get to them.  It is a
+	    # race condition.  If so then the rm is successful and our
+	    # test is thwarted.  Detect this case and ignore.
+	    if ($rc == 0)
+	      {
+		next if ! -e $target_file;
+		die "$ME: unexpected exit status from `$cmd';\n"
+		  . "  got 0, expected 1\n";
+	      }
 	    if (0x80 < $rc)
 	      {
 		my $status = $rc >> 8;
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