From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 05:43:22 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: tests: avoid false test failure when using address sanitizer
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tests: avoid false test failure when using address sanitizer

* tests/misc/warning-errors.sh: Skip commands which have been built with
sanitizers, since standard error will not be closed and checked for
errors.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
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diff --git a/tests/misc/warning-errors.sh b/tests/misc/warning-errors.sh
index cea0b618e4..639a3a01a9 100755
--- a/tests/misc/warning-errors.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/warning-errors.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ expected_failure_status_env=0  # env's exec resets default exit handlers
 
 while read writer; do
   cmd=$(printf '%s\n' "$writer" | cut -d ' ' -f1) || framework_failure_
+  # We don't close standard error with sanitizers, which may need to print.
+  # Therefore, these programs may succeed when they otherwise wouldn't.
+  sanitizer_build_ $cmd && continue
   eval "expected=\$expected_failure_status_$cmd"
   test x$expected = x && expected=1
   returns_ $expected \