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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 15, 2019, 18:45 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqd0ns6gbm.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <001d01d4c559$b4f62b20$1ee28160$@nexbridge.com>

"Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:

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

Thanks.