From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 12:37:33 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: tests: ensure utils support writing to a closed pipe
X-Git-Tag: v9.6~198
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=440b40eecea2e48335247e4670b770ee28eba5e0;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

tests: ensure utils support writing to a closed pipe

* tests/misc/write-errors.sh: A closed pipe is a common scenario,
and should not induce an error.  The general case is discussed at:
https://www.pixelbeat.org/programming/sigpipe_handling.html
---

diff --git a/tests/misc/write-errors.sh b/tests/misc/write-errors.sh
index e78d3fdd4a..0ead519d65 100755
--- a/tests/misc/write-errors.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/write-errors.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ join all_writers built_programs > built_writers || framework_failure_
 while read writer; do
   timeout 10 $SHELL -c "$writer > /dev/full"
   test $? = 124 && { fail=1; echo "$writer: failed to exit" >&2; }
+
+  rm -f pipe.err || framework_failure_
+  timeout 10 $SHELL -c "$writer 2>pipe.err | :"
+  { test $? = 0 && compare /dev/null pipe.err; } ||
+   { fail=1; cat pipe.err; echo "$writer: failed to write to closed pipe" >&2; }
 done < built_writers
 
 Exit $fail