Re: coreutils 5.95 on IRIX 5.3

[Georg Schwarz]

Am 03.07.2006 um 02:12 schrieb Paul Eggert:

> Georg Schwarz <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Here's the full make check output from 5.97. There still seem to be
> > problems.
> > ...
> > rm: cannot remove directory `no-target-dir.tmp/26138': File exists
> > FAIL: no-target-dir
>
> What happens if you do something like this?  It should generate more
> debugging output.
>
> cd tests/mv
> VERBOSE=yes make TESTS=no-target-dir


is this OK?

lorenz 288% env VERBOSE=yes make TESTS=no-target-dir
No suffix list.
lorenz 289% env VERBOSE=yes /usr/local/pkg/bin/gmake TESTS=no-target-dir
gmake: Nothing to be done for `all'.
lorenz 290% pwd
/var/tmp/coreutils-5.97/tests/mv


> > lorenz 57% /sbin/rm -rf ./tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp
> > Cannot remove directory ./tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp/26138: File  
> > exists
> > Cannot remove directory ./tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp: File exists
> > lorenz 58% ls -lad ./tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp/26138
> > drwxr-xr-x    3 schwarz  user         512 Jul  2 13:28 ./tests/mv/ 
> > no-target-dir.tmp/26138
> > lorenz 59% ls -la ./tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp/26138
> > total 2
> > drwxr-xr-x    3 schwarz  user         512 Jul  2 13:28 .
> > drwxr-xr-x    3 schwarz  user         512 Jul  2 13:28 ..
> > lorenz 60%
> >
> > do you have an idea what is going wrong here???
>
> Possibly you have a process whose working directory is
> tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp/26138.  That would explain both the
> original failure, and the failure of your attempt to clean up
> manually.

even after a reboot of the machine I cannot remove that directory.
This loosely reminds me of the "folder from hell" phenomenon back in  
the 80s on then-current Macintoshes


> The no-target-dir script does a "cd tests/mv/no-target-dir.tmp/26138".
> I wouldn't expect to see the behavior you're observing, though, since
> that script should exit right away.  Perhaps it is generating a
> subprocess that isn't exiting, on your host?  Anyway, the VERBOSE=yes
> business might tell you what is going wrong.


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