* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 03:58:16PM CEST: > * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <serial testing>: Ensure > at_jobs is 1.
> @@ -1440,6 +1458,7 @@ dnl kill -13 $$ > wait > else > # Run serially, avoid forks and other potential surprises. > + at_jobs=1 > for at_group in $at_groups; do > at_fn_group_prepare > if cd "$at_group_dir" && Rereading this again, it wasn't right, though, or, put another way, I think it causes potentially worse behavior in an unusual setting (not verified): Say you run './testsuite -jN' on a system without mkfifo, then at_quiet gets set to : but above change later sets at_jobs to 1, causing $at_desc_line to never be printed. Sorry about leading you down there, Ralf
