From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:18:47 GMT
Subject: Re: t5800-*.sh: Intermittent test failures
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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 21:14, Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> ... these hangs *are* the failures of which I speak!  Yes, the script
>> doesn't get to declare a failure, but AFAIAC a hanging test (and it
>> isn't the same test # each time) is a failing test. :-D
>
> Was there any outcome of this discussion? I'm asking because I
> can reproduce this very reliably on a little server here.

I do remember this discussion and recall seeing _no_ outcome.

I did see the hang myself once or twice but did not and do not have a
reliable reproduction. I have been waiting for somebody to raise the issue
again ;-).