From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 20:20:11 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: tests: avoid hung tests on older macOS
X-Git-Tag: v9.8~315
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc4e6b6703513a5b1185af0f8beaaa203c04e028;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

tests: avoid hung tests on older macOS

These tests were seen to hang on PPC Mac OS X 10.4.11

* tests/cp/existing-perm-race.sh: Protect fifo interactions
with a 1 minute timeout.
* tests/cp/file-perm-race.sh: Likewise.
Reported in https://bugs.gnu.org/78509
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diff --git a/tests/cp/existing-perm-race.sh b/tests/cp/existing-perm-race.sh
index d45a5a3687..2a5a9215fa 100755
--- a/tests/cp/existing-perm-race.sh
+++ b/tests/cp/existing-perm-race.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }
 
 # Copy a fifo's contents.  That way, we can examine the
 # destination permissions before they're finalized.
-cp -p --copy-contents fifo fifo-copy & pid=$!
+timeout 60 cp -p --copy-contents fifo fifo-copy & pid=$!
 
 (
   # Now 'cp' is reading the fifo.  Wait for the destination file to
diff --git a/tests/cp/file-perm-race.sh b/tests/cp/file-perm-race.sh
index 2b4d1eb4bf..5c34e5b4a8 100755
--- a/tests/cp/file-perm-race.sh
+++ b/tests/cp/file-perm-race.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cleanup_() { kill $pid 2>/dev/null && wait $pid; }
 
 # Copy a fifo's contents.  That way, we can examine the
 # destination permissions before they're finalized.
-cp -p --copy-contents fifo fifo-copy & pid=$!
+timeout 60 cp -p --copy-contents fifo fifo-copy & pid=$!
 
 (
   # Now 'cp' is reading the fifo.  Wait for the destination file to