RE: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero

From: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Feb 15, 2019, 18:10 UTC
Message-ID: <001d01d4c559$b4f62b20$1ee28160$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqsgwp53uj.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On February 15, 2019 13:01, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> To: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> Cc: 'Max Kirillov' <max@max630.net>; git@vger.kernel.org; 'Johannes
> Schindelin' <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] t5562: do not depend on /dev/zero
> 
> "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
> 
> > FTR, this particular subtest is not the one that is hanging. This
> > subtest passes on NonStop with any and all (now) 4 solutions that have
> > been floating around.
> 
> One thing I'd like to know more is if this test passes on NonStop with

this

> patch, i.e. /dev/zero replaced with /dev/null.

Yes, this particular subtest passes replacing /dev/null. The other three subtests still hang. This subtest never did.