[perl #133771] ext/File-Find/t/*.t: Continued intermittent failuresduring parallel testing

On Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:41:57 GMT, jkeenan wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:38:55 GMT, tonyc wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:52:18 -0800, jkeenan wrote:
> > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:24:27 GMT, jkeenan wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:52:57 GMT, tonyc wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:09:17 -0800, jkeenan wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:55:24 GMT, tonyc wrote:
> > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 05:02:29AM -0800, James E Keenan
> > > > > > > via RT
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > Let me pose this question:  Would we be better off using
> > > > > > > > File::Spec-
> > > > > > > > > tmpdir() to create the top-level of the testing
> > > > > > > > > directories,
> > > > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > creating for_find/ underneath that directory (in most
> > > > > > > > cases,
> > > > > > > > /tmp)?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't think it will make a difference over just searching
> > > > > > > within
> > > > > > > t/for_find.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Tony
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please review patch 0001-find.t-Use-temporary-testing-
> > > > > > directory-
> > > > > > for-
> > > > > > all-block.201901211500.patch, attached.
> > > > >
> > > > > That looks better.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > > Merged to blead in commit
> > > > 0abd1628824e7e5b7d6df370fcf5c143bf2dab8d.
> > > > Will monitor ticket for several days before closing.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, we don't have the problem licked.  See this smoke-
> > > test
> > > report:
> > >
> > > http://perl5.test-smoke.org/report/79324
> > >
> > > #####
> > > Test failures:
> > > ~~ ../ext/File-Find/t/taint.t ..................................
> > > FAILED Non-zero exit status: 2 Bad plan.  You planned 45 tests but
> > > ran
> > > 1.
> > > [stdio] -Duseithreads -Doptimize="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector -fno-
> > > strict-aliasing" -Dcc="gcc" -Duselongdouble DEBUGGING
> > > #####
> > >
> > > Here it is taint.t that is experiencing failures; the patch applied
> > > dealt with find.t.
> > >
> > > I doubt that the particular ./Configure options had anything to do
> > > with the failure.  The smokecurrent.log didn't have any more
> > > information than is visible at the URL cited above.
> > >
> > > Needs further investigation.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Has this happened again since then?
> >
> > It might be due to something unrelated.
> >
> > Tony
> 
> See: http://perl5.test-smoke.org/submatrix?test=../ext/File-
> Find/t/taint.t
> 
> The failures from FreeBSD-11 are on the host where I smoke-test blead.
> In my most frequently used configuration on that host, perl is
> configured, built and tested 36 times.  I get 1 or 2 instances of the
> failure in taint.t every 2 or 3 smoke-test runs.
> 
> I have stared at the relevant code off and on for months, but since I
> have no reliable way of generating the race condition, I can't test
> any insights that I might have.
> 
> I think we would be better off (where "better off" means getting us to
> the point where we can close this ticket) simply restoring ext/File-
> Find/t to the list of directories which are tested in series
> (currently at line 192 of t/harness).
> 
> Please review the patch attached.
> 
> Thank you very much.

Hearing no objection, pushed to blead in commit 665ac6aded4b9694283d373a0f127f32a3e75b26.

Thank you very much.
-- 
James E Keenan (jkeenan@cpan.org)

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