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Re: [PATCH 1/2] test-lib: group system specific FIFO tests by system

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Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
Date
Sep 15, 2017, 10:31 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 15.09.2017 00:21:
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> Hi Michael,
> 
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> 
>> test-lib determines whether a file-system supports FIFOs and needs to do
>> special casing for CYGWIN and MINGW. This separates those system
>> specific settings from those at more central place.
>>
>> Set mkfifo()  to false in the central system specific place so that the
>> same test works everywhere.
> 
> The mkfifo() emulation of Cygwin seems to work, no? I think it works even
> in MSYS2, but not in MINGW.
> 
> So maybe this patch should affect only the MINGW arm?

I only reorganised the code, so in that sense the patch does not affect any system ;)

If indeed mkfifo works on CYGWIN than a separate patch should remove the exclusion of CYGWIN; alas, I can't confirm (I wish MS still had the old academic alliance programme).

Michael
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  1. test-lib: don't use ulimit in test prerequisites on cygwinRamsay Jones, Sep 13, 2017
  2. Jonathan NiederSep 13, 2017
  3. Michael J GruberSep 14, 2017
  4. Johannes SchindelinSep 14, 2017
  5. 1/2 test-lib: group system specific FIFO tests by systemMichael J Gruber, Sep 14, 2017
  6. Johannes SchindelinSep 14, 2017
  7. Michael J GruberSep 15, 2017
  8. Ramsay JonesSep 15, 2017
  9. Johannes SchindelinSep 15, 2017
  10. 2/2 test-lib: ulimit does not limit on CYGWIN and MINGWMichael J Gruber, Sep 14, 2017
  11. Ramsay JonesSep 14, 2017

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