On February 28, 2018 1:52 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Randall S. Becker wrote: > > On February 28, 2018 12:44 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >> Randall S. Becker wrote: > > >>> The problem is actually in git code in its test suite that uses perl > >>> inline, not in my test code itself. > [...] > >> Can you elaborate with an example? My understanding was that > >> test_must_fail is only for running git. > [...] > > Have a look at a recent t1404 as a sample. Line 615 is the one causing > > the platform grief, because it triggers a 'die'. However, the > > particular test case #54, had no difference on platform with > > test_must_fail or !, which has the same underlying EBADF completion after > digging and digging. > > Sorry to be dense: what I see on that line is > > test_must_fail git update-ref -d $prefix/foo >out 2>err &&
My bad, I think. I'm going to go looking through my notes and get back on which line in the test was the issue. I assumed from your response that it might have been the test_must_fail, which is throughout the git test suite. Obviously it isn't the line failing in this case. Stay tuned.
