Re: execute tests: Avoid test failure on Android

[Bruno Haible]

Eric Blake wrote:
> > Apparently the SIGPIPE handler gets set to SIG_IGN, either by 'make' or
> > by the test-driver.
> 
> Known regression in make 4.4:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?63307

Thanks. Indeed, I can reproduce the test failure also on a glibc system,
with make 4.4 in $PATH. Thus I'm generalizing the workaround:


2023-01-17  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

        execute tests: Avoid test failure with GNU make 4.4.
        Reported by Eric Blake in
        <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2023-01/msg00157.html>.
        * tests/test-execute-main.c (main): Reset the SIGPIPE handler to
        default on all platforms.

diff --git a/tests/test-execute-main.c b/tests/test-execute-main.c
index fbaa9c9d2e..2088408756 100644
--- a/tests/test-execute-main.c
+++ b/tests/test-execute-main.c
@@ -58,17 +58,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   const char *progname = "test-execute-child";
   int test = atoi (argv[2]);
 
-#if defined __ANDROID__
-  /* On Android 11, when this test is executed through 'make' (GNU make 4.4) 
and
+  /* When this test is executed through 'make' (GNU make 4.4) and
      build-aux/test-driver, i.e. through
        make check TESTS=test-execute.sh
      or
        rm -f test-execute.sh.log; make test-execute.sh.log
-     the signal handler for SIGPIPE is set to SIG_IGN.  This causes the tests
-     3 and 4 to fail.  Work around it by resetting the signal handler for
-     SIGPIPE to the default.  */
+     the signal handler for SIGPIPE is set to SIG_IGN.  This is a bug in
+     GNU make 4.4: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?63307>.
+     It causes the tests 3 and 4 to fail.  Work around it by resetting
+     the signal handler for SIGPIPE to the default.  */
   signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
-#endif
 
   switch (test)
     {