Re: [PATCH] tests: ignore minor 'recheck' regression for BSD make

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 07/06/2012 08:02 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> It turns out that, with NetBSD 5.1 make and FreeBSD 9 make, running
> "make recheck" two times in a row quickly fails to correctly re-run
> the failed tests in the second run.
> 
> That issue has been introduced likely introduced in commit
> 'v1.12.1-95-gd5443e4' of 20102-07-01, "parallel-tests: reimplement
> fix for bug#11791".
> 
> Anyway, the use case that has been broken is not realistic (who is
> going to run "make recheck" two times in one second, without modifying
> any of the tests or the tested programs in the meantime?), so we believe
> the best fix is to simply work around the issue in the affected test
> cases, rather than risking to slow down or uglify the 'recheck' rule.
> 
> * t/parallel-tests9.sh: Enhance a little.
> * t/tap-recheck.sh: Adjust adding proper '$sleep' calls were required.
> * t/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.sh: Likewise.
> * t/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck.sh: Likewise.
> * t/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck2.sh: Likewise.
>
Pushed.

Regards,
  Stefano