Re: test-binary-io unit test failure under MingW + fix patches

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

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David Collins wrote:
> The test-binary-io unit test fails under MinGW running under Windows XP.
> 
> OS: Windows XP
> MinGW Version: 20110211
> Gnulib Version: 2011-02-28
> ...
> Adding a sleep statement after the fclose(stdout) for 2 seconds resolves the 
> failure

Thanks for the details. Can you please give more details:
  - What shell were you using? Cygwin bash or MSYS or else?
  - The directory in which you executed the "make check", on which kind of
    file system was it? NTFS of a local disk? VFAT on a local disk? Remote
    mounted via CIFS (SMB)? Or else?

I'm asking because obviously, since the test exists for 4 years, we would have
noticed if it was failing on _all_ Windows XP systems. So something is likely
particular on your system.

Bruno
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