Re: Test Failed

[Ruben Cheng]

Hi...

I run the make -k check and the result was (I stripped the passed test
blocks)

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...
make[3]: Leaving directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/md5sum'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/md5sum'
Making check in misc
make[2]: Entering directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/misc'
make  check-TESTS
make[3]: Entering directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/misc'
PASS: date
./tac-continue: FULL_PARTITION_TMPDIR not defined; skipping this test
SKIP: tac-continue
FAIL: close-stdout
PASS: pwd
PASS: date-sec
PASS: paste-no-nl
PASS: stat-fmt
PASS: expand
PASS: fold
PASS: nohup
PASS: head-elide-tail
PASS: split-fail
PASS: false
tty-eof: this script requires Perl's Expect package >=1.11
SKIP: tty-eof
PASS: printf-hex
PASS: nl
PASS: split-l
PASS: printf
PASS: split-a
PASS: head-pos
PASS: sort
PASS: head-c
PASS: csplit
PASS: nice
PASS: pathchk1
======================================
1 of 23 tests failed
...

...
make[3]: Leaving directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/test'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/test'
Making check in touch
make[2]: Entering directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/touch'
make  check-TESTS
make[3]: Entering directory `/dist/coreutils-5.93/tests/touch'
PASS: read-only
PASS: relative
PASS: not-owner
FAIL: no-create-missing
PASS: fail-diag
PASS: dir-1
PASS: dangling-symlink
sleeping for 2 seconds...
sleeping for 2 seconds...
PASS: empty-file
PASS: fifo
sleeping for 2 seconds...
PASS: no-rights
PASS: obsolescent
======================================
1 of 11 tests failed
...
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This source is being compiled under RedHat Linux 7.0, kernel 2.2.24. I'm
using gcc 3.3.3, gmake 3.80

What could be the source of this two failed tests ?.

Thanks

Ruben

Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 1/4/2006 6:18 PM:
> >>    I compiled without problem coreutils 5.93, but when I executed
> >>    "make check" there was one failed test. The failed test was
> >>    close-stdout
> >>
> >> You haven't given any information about the system you compiled GNU
> >> coreutils 5.93 on, so it is hard to figure out what might have gone
> >> wrong.
>
> Also, you should run with "make -k check", so that the testsuite can
> continue beyond the first failure, and give us a picture of whether any
> other failures exist in later tests that might have a related root cause.
>
> --
> Life is short - so eat dessert first!
>
> Eric Blake             address@hidden
   
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Atentamente,

Lic. Rubén Cheng
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