On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 13:05:43 +0100 l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote: > Hi, > > Andy Patterson <ajpat...@uwaterloo.ca> skribis: > > > The containers test was hanging for me, and this patch fixed the > > problem. > > [...] > > > From 945ad44acf489b7f3a398d4ab739ec2b48477502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 > > 2001 From: Andy Patterson <ajpat...@uwaterloo.ca> > > Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:10:01 -0500 > > Subject: [PATCH] tests: Don't check file-systems in container tests. > > > > * tests/containers.scm ("call-with-container, mnt namespace"): Don't > > check file-system in 'call-with-container' call. > > * tests/containers.scm > > ("call-with-container, mnt namespace, wrong bindmount"): Likewise. > > --- > > tests/containers.scm | 6 ++++-- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/tests/containers.scm b/tests/containers.scm > > index ccd122a..745b56b 100644 > > --- a/tests/containers.scm > > +++ b/tests/containers.scm > > @@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ > > (call-with-container (list (file-system > > (device "none") > > (mount-point "/testing") > > - (type "tmpfs"))) > > + (type "tmpfs") > > + (check? #f))) > > Do you know exactly how/why it was hanging? I imagine > ‘mount-file-system’ would try to invoke fsck.tmpfs, which doesn’t > exist, thus we get a REPL, which hangs forever. >
I did get a REPL (in the log file), so you're probably right. > I guess the real question is why I didn’t experience it, hmm… > Not sure, but I first noticed the problem when guix-devel was building during a system reconfigure. That might be easier to reproduce. > Thanks, > Ludo’. Thanks. -- Andy