guix/gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch
Ludovic Courtès 895067ff49 gnu: coreutils: Skip racy 'tail' tests.
This works around <http://bugs.gnu.org/21460>.

* gnu/packages/patches/coreutils-racy-tail-test.patch: New file.
* gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (coreutils): Use it.
2015-09-11 23:16:37 +02:00

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Skip this test, which uncovers a race condition in how 'tail' handles
file deletion. See <http://bugs.gnu.org/21460>.
--- a/tests/tail-2/assert.sh
+++ b/tests/tail-2/assert.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+exit 77 # see <http://bugs.gnu.org/21460>
# This test fails with tail from textutils-2.0.
# It would get something like this: