[bug-diffutils] bug#24121: bug#24121: new snapshot available: diffutils-3.3.52-e974

[Jim Meyering]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> On Aug 1, 2016, at 12:44, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Would you please see what the hurd test expected?
>> If you rerun it with this patch, the usual testsuite.log file will
>> include details:
>> <0001-k.diff>
>
> Digging a bit deeper, it seems that GNU Hurd does not have a functional 
> /proc/self link
> (at least not Debian/Hurd 0.7).
>
>   $ uname -a
>   GNU hurd07 0.7 GNU-Mach 1.6+git20160114-486/Hurd-0.7 i686-AT386 GNU
>
>   $ ls -l /proc/self
>   lrwxrwxrwx 0 root root 1 Dec 31  1969 /proc/self -> 1
>
>   $ od -ta /proc/self/cmdline
>   0000000   i   n   i   t  sp   [   2   ] nul
>   0000011
>
> And so this test will never succeed as-is.
>
> A relevant mention of /proc/self shortcomings is here:
>  
> https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/translator/procfs/jkoenig/discussion.html#index2h1

Thank you.
The attached patch should cause that test to be skipped when
/proc/self is not useful:

0001-tests-skip-a-proc-self-dependent-test-on-the-Hurd.diff
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