Re: zsh 5.0.5-dev-2 / Occassional hangs on Test/A05execution.ztst

[Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:08:41 -0700
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 13, 2014 10:51 AM, "Axel Beckert" <abe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I had one local build (Linux 3.15, amd64/x86_64) which stopped at
> > Test/A05execution.ztst but didn't investigate further. I pressed
> > Ctrl-C, started it again and it built fine the second time.
> >
> >
> >
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=zsh&arch=kfreebsd-amd64&ver=5.0.5-dev-2-1&stamp=1407936338
> 
> That's an interesting one because it's testing for the shell hanging - but
> the test itself is supposed to time out and kill the stuck shell, which is
> also not happening.  This makes me wonder if both problems are related to
> the automated build system, i.e., the test is assuming something about the
> execution environment that isn't true when running as an automated job.

Those tests make quite nasty timing assumptions.  I'd definitely be
inclined to suspect the test rather than the shell.

pws