René Scharfe <rene.scha...@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes: > Am 28.07.2012 20:46, schrieb Ramsay Jones: >> Unfortunately, I was unable to reproduce the final failure in t7810-grep.sh. >> I tried, among other things, to provoke a failure thus: >> >> $ for i in $(seq 100); do >> > if ! ./t7810-grep.sh -i -v; then >> > break; >> > fi >> > done >> $ >> >> but, apart from chewing on the cpu for about 50 minutes, it didn't result >> in a failure. :( >> >> However, after looking at test 59, it seems to me to be a stale (redundant) >> test. So, patch #2 removes that test! :-D [I wish I could reproduce the >> failure because I don't like not knowing why it failed, but ...] > > Removing the test makes sense, since it was needed for --ext-grep > only, is relatively expensive and a bit fragile (by depending on > MAXARGS). > > I'm slightly worried about the non-reproducible failure, > though. Perhaps a timing issue is involved and chances are higher if > you leave out the option -v?
Thanks for a comment. I agree that removing the test makes sense, and I also agree that the non reproducibleness is worrying (the latter is more important). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
