From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:54:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: tests: avoid false failure sync'ing busy systems
X-Git-Tag: v9.10~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=41188ee3b8c24f335318852bff861a814404e54d;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

tests: avoid false failure sync'ing busy systems

* tests/misc/sync.sh: Increase the timeout to 60s,
and restrict the case to when RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes.
---

diff --git a/tests/misc/sync.sh b/tests/misc/sync.sh
index fa2ca86fa6..f782a2b9a1 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sync.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/sync.sh
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ if test "$fail" != '1'; then
   # Ensure a fifo doesn't block
   mkfifo_or_skip_ fifo
   for opt in '' '-f' '-d'; do
-    test "$opt" = '-f' && test "$RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS" != yes && continue
-    returns_ 124 timeout 10 sync $opt fifo && fail=1
+    timeout=10
+    if test "$opt" = '-f'; then
+      test "$RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS" = yes || continue
+      timeout=60
+    fi
+    returns_ 124 timeout "$timeout" sync $opt fifo && fail=1
   done
 fi