Re: [PATCH] t5500.43: make the check a bit more robust
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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>> Work around flakiness in t5500.43
>>
>> It seems that this test became flaky only recently, although I have to
>> admit that I have no idea why: the involved code does not seem to have
>> changed recently at all. It should have been fixed by
>> https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200506220741.71021-1-jonathantanmy@google.com/
>> , but apparently wasn't completely fixed, despite what I said in that
>> thread.
>
> I think this is a real bug, and we shouldn't be changing the tests to
> accommodate. Users may actually see the broken lines, and our tests are
> telling us that.
True; I reacted too hastily. Will not queue the workaround ;-)